HOLLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a blaze that displaced dozens of people from a southwest Michigan apartment complex may have been sparked by a resident trying to cook a squirrel with a propane torch.
Squirrel dinner may
have sparked fire
HOLLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a blaze that displaced dozens of people from a southwest Michigan apartment complex may have been sparked by a resident trying to cook a squirrel with a propane torch.
Fire Chief Jim Kohsel said the resident apparently planned to eat the animal and was burning off its fur on a third-floor deck at the building in Ottawa County’s Holland Township when the fire broke out Wednesday. Flames spread to the roof. Kohsel says eight apartments are destroyed and others damaged. Kohsel says a firefighter broke a toe. No residents were injured.
Resident Tiffany Camburn said she and her neighbors had to evacuate their apartments.
Maine drivers are warned of zombies
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Drivers may have gotten a chuckle out of an electronic message board in Maine warning of zombies, but city officials were not amused.
The sign at a Portland road construction site was changed by a hacker to read “Warning Zombies Ahead!” on Wednesday morning. It originally read “Night work 8 pm-6 am. Expect delays.”
City spokeswoman Nicole Clegg says the signs are a safety precaution and changing it could have led to driver distraction.
She said tampering with a safety device is a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine.
She says it’s not clear who changed the sign, but it’s not the first time it has happened.