A house burns in a fire. [Photo/Daily Nation]A 29-year-old man has turned into a justice fugitive after torching his parents three-room house in Flamingo village, Kiminini sub-county, Trans Nzoia county.The man apparently set his parent's semi-permanent house on fire after they turned down his proposal to take a second wife.According to the parents, trouble started over the weekend after the suspect complained about the parents' disapproval."Now that you have refused to let me go ahead with my plans to marry a second wife I'm going to burn this house," the man reportedly told his mother.He then set on fire a sofa set.His younger sister managed to put out the fire as their mother and neighbors tried to reason with him.But later he went back to his parents' house armed with petrol in a jerry can.The man later fled while the house was on fire leaving his parents and villagers in disbelief. The father has claimed that the son has been involved in drug abuse leading to the insane behavior."We suspect he could be using drugs. He has been wasted and is a big liability to the family," he said.

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