One thing i've learned is that stupidity knows no limit.
My hometown neighbors a rural farm town where every neighborhood is walking distance from farm land that turns dry and flammable every year. Just a few years ago the genius citizens decided removing the ban on fireworks would be a good idea. So far so good, but they're one drunk idiot away from the story you posted above.
Problem is that by the time they're Darwin candidates they've already done their damage to the rest of us. What we need is preemptive, retroactive birth control.