Mouse Takes Down House: Man Throws Mouse On Burning Leaves,Reaps Karma

[KittyWampus]

Mouse takes down house
By Andy Jackson: CNJ staff writer

Dry conditions throughout the region have resulted in numerous grass fires and several structure fires in recent weeks. On Saturday, a Fort Sumner man’s home fell victim to a mouse fire.

Homeowner Luciano Mares said he caught a mouse inside his residence and discarded the creature in a pile of garden refuse he was burning on his property near the home. “I had some leaves burning outside, so I threw it in the fire, and the mouse was on fire and ran back at the house,” he said.

All contents of the wooden home were destroyed, according to village Fire Chief Juan Chavez. Aside from the mouse, no injuries were reported.

Chavez said the fiery mouse ran from the burning leaves to below a window of the home. The fire spread up the window and throughout the house, he said.

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Now staying at a Fort Sumner motel, Mares said he had a problem with pesky mice coming into his home through little cracks. “They had been coming into the house. Some were barely babies. I set some traps out and I caught one,” Mares said. Then he the threw the mini intruder into a pile of burning vegetation.

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[OmmmSweetOmmm]

1. I read about this yesterday and wondered that although this man lost

his home, shouldn't he be charged with animal cruelty?

[StellaBlue]

3. Isn't okay to harm animals that aren't considered pets?

Like even some livestock don't fall under animal cruelty prohibitions? Or am I thinking of the UK? (I get confused sometimes)

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

4. I can't see where such outward cruelty could be allowed. It might be

legal, but I think it's horrific!

[truebrit71]

2. Karma can be a bitch sometimes...

...you reap what you sow....

Who burns live animals?

[jsamuel]

5. Sorry, but I would much rather lose my house than burn like the mouse did

:(

[Blue Diadem]

6. Post in lounge has article saying the mouse didn't start fire.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x4565874

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/5973746/detail.html?rss=den&psp=irresistible

snip:FORT SUMNER, N.M. -- A small -town rumor that sparked world -wide interest about a mouse burning down a house has been found to be untrue.

After 81-year-old Chano Mares's house burned down Saturday in Fort Sumner, news services picked up the quirky story.

snip:It's really humorous more than anything that a mouse burned down the house," he told KOAT-TV in Albuquerque. The mouse was dead when it hit the burning leaves.

Mares said he trapped and killed the critter and tossed it on the fire.