A woman from Nixa was arrested for first-degree arson after the fire department says she poured gasoline on some clothes, lit a spicy tortilla chip and started a fire at a Greene County home.

“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.”

    • sharpiemarkerEnglish
      18•10 months ago

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

      • @damirK@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9•10 months ago

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

      • EnderofGames
        4•10 months 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.

      • ElleChaise
        4•10 months 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.

  • @residentmarchant@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13•10 months ago

    I was wondering why they weren’t just using the brand name “Doritos” and was very surprised when it was Takis

    Well played, news people

  • The Menemen!English
    6•10 months ago

    I once managed to almost burn my house down with taco shells (don’t heat them up in a toaster…). So I think that is a smart idea (unlike my idea).

  • @RaoulDook@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4•10 months ago

    she obviously misunderstood the arson pro-tip about tortilla chips

    I’ve heard about it but I’m not going to repeat it, because arson is bad