Loser

21 year old Dave Schmida from Sturbridge, Massachusetts

21 year old Dave learned the hard way that fireworks are probably not the best way to deal with a hornets’ nest.

Dave says he was trying to remove hornets high up on his family’s home on Monday when a corner of the roof caught on fire.

The Telegram and Gazette reports Dave first used a more traditional method, spraying the nest with Raid, a pesticide spray.

When that didn’t work, Schmida went the unconventional method of using a Roman candle to handle the wasps.

A video of the incident shows the nest immediately go up in flames, along with the eaves.

Dave managed to put the fire out, and according to him the damage was minimal 

Sure, Dave… sure. 

Winner

48-year-old master mechanic Carl Allamby from Akron, Ohio 

He went from fixing cars to fixing people.

After spending years as a mechanic, Carl Allamby graduated from medical school this year at age 47 and is now an emergency medicine resident at the Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital.

Loser

21 year old Dave Schmida from Sturbridge, Massachusetts

21 year old Dave learned the hard way that fireworks are probably not the best way to deal with a hornets’ nest.

Dave says he was trying to remove hornets high up on his family’s home on Monday when a corner of the roof caught on fire.

The Telegram and Gazette reports Dave first used a more traditional method, spraying the nest with Raid, a pesticide spray.

When that didn’t work, Schmida went the unconventional method of using a Roman candle to handle the wasps.

A video of the incident shows the nest immediately go up in flames, along with the eaves.

Dave managed to put the fire out, and according to him the damage was minimal 

Sure, Dave… sure. 

Winner

48-year-old master mechanic Carl Allamby from Akron, Ohio 

He went from fixing cars to fixing people.

After spending years as a mechanic, Carl Allamby graduated from medical school this year at age 47 and is now an emergency medicine resident at the Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital.