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Originally posted by Hound Dog:

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Originally posted by sns3guppy:

The smallest was a brush fire that nearly took a subdivision, and was started by a burning bug. And a kid with a magnifying glass. The bug took off into the grass and the kid ran for the hills.

My favorite example is of a guy who lit a woodpile on fire in order to eradicate a nest of mice. A burning mouse fled underneath the guy's house, burning it to the ground.

There was a brush fire this summer started by a snake, which was dropped by an eagle on powerlines.

I don't think the eagle did it on purpose, however, and I think that on the whole, the snake would probably have rather been somewhere else.