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"The report states that witnesses inside the house saw Williams pour gasoline from a soda bottle onto clothes and the floor of the laundry room. Williams then lit Takis tortilla chips on fire and tossed them into the laundry room."

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[–] SwallowsDick@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It was the gasoline and fire that actually started the fire, but the chips didn't hurt

[–] Sharpiemarker@feddit.de 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What a stupid, clickbait headline. The chips had almost nothing to do with the fire.

[–] damirK@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

“Nixa women blows up fighter jet with a spicy tortilla chip… She glued it to an anti-aircraft missile”

[–] ElleChaise@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's what I'm saying! Like, take it easy already, DEA. I had almost nothing to do with that alleged “massive drugs ring”. So what if you say you have a “mountain of evidence”, you don't see Mt. Everest bragging.

[–] EnderofGames@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Headline isn't really clickbait. The police really did state that.

Court documents say Williams admitted to police that she started the fire intentionally. She said she used the chips because she knew they would support combustion because of the grease content.

[–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

"It didn't start the fire, though it may be spicy, it can't ignite things"