oh, this is Mew Mexico? Not to excuse the guy, but mice do carry hantavirus and sometimes the plague in rural New Mexico. Not sure if it's in that part of the state though.
On 1/9/06, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mouse Thrown Into Fire Sets Home Ablaze > > Sun Jan 8, 11:51 PM ET > > 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. > ADVERTISEMENT > > 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." > -- > ================================================================= > Ray Champagne - Senior Application Developer > CrystalVision Web Site Design and Internet Services > 603.433.9559 > www.crystalvision.org > ================================================================= > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:191220 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
