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Liverpool Echo
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Kate Lally

Man set fire to own house after arguing with wife in the pub

Shocking photos show the devastation after a man set his own home on fire following an argument with his wife.

Fire investigators were faced with the horrific aftermath of a blaze - that ripped through Stephen Erdbeer’s living room. Stephen, 66, had bundled together items that belonged to his wife’s late daughter and used lighter fluid and a Zippo lighter to set fire to the keepsakes.

The blaze, which was set following an argument with his wife at a nearby pub, caused significant damage to their home in Abingdon, Oxon. The fire was so hot it melted the fire alarms.

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