2014: Hutchingson, kansas Woman Sets Home On Fire Trying To Kill Spider With Lighter: Cops
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ginny-griffith-spider-home-on-fire-kill_n_5541172
2018 (cockroach) : Mount Isa, Australia Bug spray 'flamethrower' causes explosion in Mount Isa house, injures man
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-08/insect-spray-flame-thrower-causes-explosion-in-mt-isa-kitchen/9526452

source twitter/Wannaroo police dept; https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-03/wa-police-called-out-for-man-trying-to-kill-spider/10683454