Some guy burned down a building in downtown Austin last week . . . while trying to make nachos by LIGHTING A BAG OF CHIPS ON FIRE. (???)
His name is John Daniel Banks, and he’s 32. He’d been staying in the building without permission, so he was squatting. He apparently had a bed, but not a stove.
He lit the bag of chips on fire to cook the nachos, and then the flames spread to his bed. He claims he tried to put the fire out but eventually left. And when he came back, the second floor was engulfed.
Firefighters managed to put it out, but not before it spread to the roof of a building next door that just went through a multimillion-dollar renovation last year.
Everything inside that building was ruined by smoke and water damage. But luckily, no one was hurt and they do have insurance. Firefighters estimated the damages at around a million bucks.
John’s facing arson charges and up to 10 years in prison.
(Here’s his mugshot, a shot of the fire, and a photo of the building before the fire.)
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