Florida Man decides to burn books in his back yard, starts a large fire.

[47of74]

Rather than donating his unwanted books, 10 homes and nearly 400 acres in Nassau County are now destroyed because a Florida man decided to burn a pile of paperbacks in his backyard.

The man hasn't been identified, but so far his book fire, which officials are now calling the Garfield Road Fire, is only 65 percent contained and no longer spreading, reports CNN.

Officials with the Florida Forest Service say the fire started Wednesday when the man was burning paperback books.

Read more: http://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2017/03/23/florida-man-accidentally-destroys-10-homes-after-burning-books-in-his-yard

[MontanaMama]

1. Trump Humper no doubt. n/t

[ExciteBike66]

2. No, he definitely owned too many books to be a Trump voter...

unless they were just a whole set of the "Left Behind" series, I suppose!

[LoisB]

3. Flor-i-duh! Why not just dump them in the recycling bin? Donating them would

have given the idiot a charitable contribution on his tax return.

[shenmue]

4. Dumb

[Vogon_Glory]

5. For a moment there I thought he was one of those religious nut jobs

burning his Harry Potter books.