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Ms Bayley explains because there are no date plantations outside, they do not have any pests and diseases of date palms.

Blasting cockroaches - with blowtorches or homemade flamethrowers - have emerged as a novel way of getting rid of house pests, made popular by videos on social media.

“Where no one will be called a bug or a pest to be crushed just because they see the world differently.”

It is increasingly used for biological pest control in agriculture, with researchers around the world studying how to further drive its effectiveness as a natural pesticide.

Home policies, for instance, generally only cover specific “perils” and often exclude damage from floods, landslides, pests and mold.