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  • Squirrel fires regular occurrence in Canadian border town

    07/19/2005 10:25:18 AM PDT · by skeptoid · 44 replies · 6,851+ views
    SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER ^ | Tuesday, July 19, 2005 | SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
    SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER Tuesday, July 19, 2005 · Last updated 4:21 a.m. PT Squirrel fires regular occurrence in Canadian border town Squirrel fires regular occurrence in Canadian border town OSOYOOS, British Columbia -- Once again, a squirrel clambering onto a power line has been blamed for a brush fire in this border town north of Oroville, Wash. Firefighters were summoned Monday after a squirrel scrambled up a Fortis Inc. utility pole, got zapped and landed in flames on some dry brush outside a fruit packing business, Fire Chief Ross Driver said. By the time a pumper truck and a bush truck...