Woman sued for $2 million after boyfriend torches squirrel on apartment deck, starts massive fire

Michigan Live ^ | 4/3/2014 | Heidi Fenton

[wonkowasright]

HOLLAND TOWNSHIP, MI -- A woman who signed an apartment lease with her boyfriend and allegedly agreed to be liable for any smoke or water damage, faces a $2 million lawsuit after he attempted to cook a squirrel and started a massive fire with a torch.

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Khek Chanthalavong told investigators the blaze started after he had been using a torch on the deck of a unit he shared with Barbara Pellow, to burn the fur off a squirrel he'd captured. Once the fur was removed, he placed the torch in the corner of their deck, next to a plastic plant holder. He then went inside to cook the rodent.

Pellow awoke to Chanthalavong yelling and throwing water on flames that were quickly growing on the deck. The fire spread and caused major damage to 32 units in the couple's building. Pellow told police she had no knowledge of the torch being used.

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[wonkowasright]

Apartments got burned up real good... pics at link... Should I have posted this in the Smoky Back Room ?

Dumba$$

[P-Marlowe]

Khek Chanthalavong

Ok, that explains the squirrel.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

should have stuck the squirrel in the microwave.

[ClearCase_guy]

The Khek is in the mail.

[fhayek]

I have heard of flying squirrels, but frying squirrels is a new one on me.

[billorites]

Squirrel, Barbara?

[Secret Agent Man]

one of the many disad’s of being an apartment owner.

[canuck_conservative]

Didn’t turn the torch off??

Dumbass is right.

[cripplecreek]

A squirrel fire can get out of hand fast.



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[GeronL]

Mongolian??

[andyk]

I have heard of flying squirrels, but frying squirrels is a new one on me.

It's all in the accent.

[driftdiver]

It works better if you skin the dang thing.

[P-Marlowe]

Mongolian??

[driftdiver]

[DouglasKC]

I drive by the apartments a lot..they’re about 10 miles down the road. There’s a buddahist? temple or something very near there and a large influx of maybe Laotian people have moved to the area in the last few years. Maybe that’s the way they did it in Laos...sans the burning down the building part.

[Darren McCarty]

Holland? I’d expect that to be more likely in Skidway Lake, Homer, or Whitmore Lake. LOL.

[fhayek]

Yeah, this would be more understandable if Khek were Chinese. Just saying.

[driftdiver]

[harwood]

“Khek Chanthalavong”

We used to call him ‘Alphabits’

[cripplecreek]

REMAIN CLAM!