Your doing it wrong: World Figure Skating champion burns house down drying Porsche with a leaf blower




It began with a Porsche convertible that had been left out in the rain and a failed attempt to dry the seat with a leaf blower on Wednesday morning.


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The resulting three-alarm fire sent flames through the roof of the Forest Hill mansion, brought 80 firefighters and at least 10 fire trucks to the scene and cost figure skater Kurt Browning and his ballet dancer wife Sonia Rodriguez the contents of their home.

“We’re dealing with a bit of a crisis here,” an obviously rattled Browning told the Star. “It’s family time right now.”

Neighbour Mike Markovic said he ran out of his house when he heard the commotion and saw half the house on fire and a bare-foot Browning standing outside.

“There were popping sounds,” he said. “I saw Kurt on the other side of the road, he looked like he had just run out of the house. He was not wearing shoes.”

Toronto police were first alerted to the fire at Browning’s Forest Hill home on Forest Hill Rd. at Larratt St., just before 11 a.m., said Toronto police Staff Sgt. Scott Spratt.

Firefighters evacuated the home and assumed a defensive position at around 11:45 a.m., when the fire broke through the roof, said Toronto Fire spokesman Capt. Mike Strapko.



Source: Your doing it wrong: World Figure Skating champion burns house down drying Porsche with a leaf blower

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