Poetic Justice

[Miss Vicky]

Mouse Thrown Into Fire Sets Home Ablaze
By Associated Press

January 9, 2006, 12:46 PM EST

FORT SUMNER, N.M. -- A mouse got its revenge against a homeowner who tried to dispose of it in a pile of burning leaves. The blazing creature ran back to the man's house and set it on fire.

Luciano Mares, 81, of Fort Sumner said he caught the mouse inside his house and wanted to get rid of it.

"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," Mares said from a motel room Saturday.

Village Fire Chief Juan Chavez said the burning mouse ran to just beneath a window, and the flames spread up from there and throughout the house.

No was hurt inside, but the home and everything in it was destroyed.

Unseasonably dry and windy conditions have charred more than 53,000 acres and destroyed 10 homes in southeastern New Mexico in recent weeks.

"I've seen numerous house fires," village Fire Department Capt. Jim Lyssy said, "but nothing as unique as this one."

Copyright 2006 Newsday Inc.

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Too bad the man wasn't in the house when it went up in smoke.

[jannieC]

"Unseasonably dry and windy conditions have charred more than 53,000 acres and destroyed 10 homes in southeastern New Mexico in recent weeks."
What a smart way to dispose of the mouse...under those conditions. Duh. Plus, how cruel. I'm glad their house was destroyed. :shrug:

[sara1998]

http://www.theindychannel.com/news/5973746/detail.html

Flaming Mouse Story Found To Be False
Rumor Squashed: Flaming Mouse Didn't Start House Fire

UPDATED: 9:39 am EST January 10, 2006

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.

"Flaming Mouse Burns Down House" read the headline over an Associated Press story that appeared on TheIndyChannel.com, for example.

According to the initial report, Mares threw the critter in a pile of burning leaves near his home, but it ran back to the house on fire.

A local firefighter said the mouse ran to just beneath a window and the flames spread up the window and throughout the house.

All contents of the home were destroyed, but no one was injured.

Interest in fires has been high lately. Unseasonably dry and windy conditions have charred more than 53,000 acres and destroyed 10 homes in southeastern New Mexico in recent weeks.

The mouse story, however, has been doused by Mares.

"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.

The flames, he said, probably reached his house because they were driven by high winds.

Capt. Jim Lyssy of the Fort Sumner Fire Department said the rumor probably got started because there was "a little too much excitement" at the time of the fire.

Mares lost everything -- and has no insurance -- but the mouse story still makes him smile.

"I started laughing, and I'll be laughing from now on," he said. "It's silly."

[SuzeQuze]

I'm so glad that was false! File this one under the Darwin Awards. "Should I burn leaves under extremely dry conditions with high winds? Then not even keep an eye on the fire? Hell yeah!"

[jannieC]

I'm so glad that was false! File this one under the Darwin Awards. "Should I burn leaves under extremely dry conditions with high winds? Then not even keep an eye on the fire? Hell yeah!"
God, me too. I couldn't imagine anyone doing something so stupid. I'm sure there *are* people out there that are that stupid, but still. :lol:

[DavidMn]

You know, I dont like mice either, but to throw it in a fire is pretty damn mean.:mad:

[seeker007nmss]

It wasn't a mouse that started that fire......

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