Squirrels Set Fire To Man's Home Twice In 8 Days

[matcom]

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If you think Alan Turcott has bad luck, just think of the squirrels in his neighborhood.

For the second time in eight days, Turcott's Blue Island home caught fire when squirrels knocked high-voltage wires loose from a utility pole and onto his three-story house, fire officials said.

"This is unbelievable," Blue Island Fire Chief Robert Copp said. "I've seen where squirrels have shorted things out or blown a fuse, but nothing like this before."
Two scorched squirrels were found after the fires, confirming the critter cause, Copp said.

It appears they transferred power from one line to the next as they bounced across the wires June 9 and 17.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/437414,CST-NWS-squirrel21.article

[DS1]

1. Shut up, you'll give the Texas Rangers ideas!

It wasn't our taser that set the man on fire, it was squirrels!

[underpants]

2. Someone needs to tell Inchworm about this

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=6633054&mesg_id=6633054

[xchrom]

3. oh now you're REALLY gonna start somethin!