Do Authorities Smell a Rat? Mouse Blamed for Burning Down N.M. House

 

January 11, 2006

What sounded a little too good to be true may be just that. Could a mouse on fire be responsible for destroying a New Mexico man's house as first reported over the weekend?

According to KOAT-TV, the story may have more holes in it than a piece of cheese.

An 81-year-old Fort Sumner resident first reported that he had captured a mouse inside his home over the weekend. He then reportedly took the unwanted guest out into a pile of burning refuse and disposed of it. The man then reported that the mouse, on fire, scurried back into the home and found its way into a window area. From there, the mouse reportedly set fire to the home.

When firefighters arrived, the man, who reportedly did not have insurance on the home, was trying to douse the fire with a garden hose. The property was destroyed, but the man escaped injury.

Officials now believe that winds from the refuse fire outside may have spread to the home and ignited the house fire instead of the unwanted guest.

 

 

 

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