content: Also if he had...   Not thrown a match in a bag of plastic garbage.   Thrown the garbage bag in the bathroom or somewhere else with less fuel instead of on the floor near the closet near his cardboard box collection. (Also, Asians, we have to have a talk about your cardboard box collections)   Kept his house a little cleaner with less flammable material everywhere, or at least tried to remove the fuel once the blaze started.   Not tried to smother the fire with a cardboard box and then left the box on the fire when it didn't work.   Not tried to smother the fire with a blanket and then left the blanket on the fire after he gave up for no reason.   Had the slightest bit of understanding how fire works and how to control it.