Ashcroft Fire Rescue in British Columbia responded to a brush fire last week and found locals already fighting the blaze. The fire was extinguished with no trouble, leaving a scorched area of about 60x90 meters. But what caused the fire? The answer is in the image above. The site is about three kilometers away from the nearest river. The firefighters determined that an osprey had taken the fish and then dropped it into power lines, causing falling embers that sparked the blaze. Ashcroft Fire Rescue had fun reporting the incident, using every pun they could think of. Here's a sample.
We do suspect by the size of the fish and the heat of the day probably caused the rather tired bird to drop its catch. Or another suspicion could be that it’s tired of raw fish and wanted to give cooked a try.
The local newspaper went all in on the alliteration potential for this story. -via Metafilter
(Image credit: Ashcroft Fire Rescue)