Bear starts fire

A bear climbed a power pole near Big Bar, Calif., shorted out the wires, electrocuted himself, and started a fire across the highway from the U. S. Forest Service station. The firefighters quickly put out the fire, but the bear did not survive.

We will add this to our animal-arson list.

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