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Plumber Uses Blow Torch To Defrost Pipes, Sets Home On Fire

NEW CASTLE (KDKA) - A plumber in Lawrence County accidentally set a home on fire Monday afternoon.

It happened on Mount Jackson Road in New Castle.

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The plumber was reportedly trying to defrost the pipes with a blow torch, when the home went up in flames.

The house was badly damaged, but no one was hurt.

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