It's a nightmare come true when you've got a cockroach infestation in your house.
家里蟑螂橫行簡(jiǎn)直是夢(mèng)魘。

It can drive you crazy, cause sleepless nights and cause a lot of damage.
它們到處搞破壞，已把你逼瘋，令你夜不能寐。

So when it all gets too much, what do you do?
當(dāng)快要到達(dá)你忍耐極限的時(shí)候，你會(huì)怎么做呢？

You take matters in to your own hands, like this man, who doused his house in roach spray hoping it would do the trick.
你決定出手了，就像這位仁兄，他把家里噴滿了蟑螂藥，坐等“小強(qiáng)”們死翹。

Except it all went wrong when the buildup of fumes from the household insecticide led to an explosion, which tore apart the house.
但世事就是這么無常：屋里的蟑螂噴霧達(dá)到一定濃度后，竟然引發(fā)了爆炸，房屋被炸碎。

To make it worse, the cockroaches were still there after the blast.
更糟的是，“小強(qiáng)”們安然無恙，幸免于難。

The two adults and a young child who were inside the apartment at the time were taken to hospital as a precaution.
爆炸導(dǎo)致當(dāng)時(shí)在家的兩個(gè)大人和一個(gè)小孩入院觀察。

The blast smashed all the apartment's windows.
爆炸把公寓的窗玻璃都震碎了。

According to the city's code enforcement officer, the roach spray did not have the intended effect.
據(jù)當(dāng)?shù)氐膱?zhí)法官稱，蟑螂藥并沒有發(fā)揮出本該有的效用。

Garrett M. Giberson said: ‘The unit was infested with roaches. When I got on scene I saw numerous roaches crawling throughout the apartment.'
嘉萊特·M·吉伯森表示：“屋子里滿是蟑螂。我到達(dá)現(xiàn)場(chǎng)后，看到公寓內(nèi)蟑螂在到處爬。”

He explained how the occupant began experiencing a headache and opened a window after spraying the insecticide.
他解釋稱，噴完殺蟲劑后，屋主會(huì)感到頭疼，于是打開窗。

'You had the chemical, you had the oxygen and you had the ignition source,' he said.
他表示：“化學(xué)物質(zhì)，加氧氣，再加上火源。”

‘The tenants are lucky because they could have been seriously injured. There had to be quite a buildup of chemicals and fumes from the bug killer to cause an explosion like that.'
“屋主沒有受重傷已算幸運(yùn)。能發(fā)生這樣的爆炸，說明當(dāng)時(shí)屋里化學(xué)物質(zhì)的濃度肯定已經(jīng)非常高了。”

The residents are now in temporary shelter provided by The American Red Cross.
屋內(nèi)住戶目前正在美國(guó)紅十字會(huì)接受臨時(shí)救助。

Vocabulary
take matters into your own hands：自己動(dòng)手
douse：潑(或?yàn)ⅰ?液體在…上，潑水于

英文來源：metro.co.uk
編譯：杜娟