Squirrel dinner prep may have sparked apartment 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 tells MLive.com that 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.
The resident's name wasn't immediately released.
Kohsel says a firefighter broke a toe. No residents were injured.
Resident Tiffany Camburn told The Holland Sentinel that she and her neighbors had to evacuate their apartments.
The American Red Cross arranged temporary shelter and clothing for displaced residents.
Fire Chief Jim Kohsel tells MLive.com that 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.
The resident's name wasn't immediately released.
Kohsel says a firefighter broke a toe. No residents were injured.
Resident Tiffany Camburn told The Holland Sentinel that she and her neighbors had to evacuate their apartments.
The American Red Cross arranged temporary shelter and clothing for displaced residents.
What are a redneck's final words? Â "Hey Bubba, watch this ****!"
@archon312Â I thought it was:
"Here. Hold my beer."
LMAO!!! Cooking a squirrel with a blowtorch.
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"The resident's name wasn't immediately released."
Yeah...I'll bet. He's probably slunk off to hide in some swamp. LOL!!!
Oh, that's terrible! Overcooked squirrel is awful!
What happened to the squirrel's nuts?
@WendyTeagarden - squirrel nuts roasting on an open fire... is it to early for that song?
 @DrivingMsPatty I always like "Chipmunks roasting on an open fire".
@DrivingMsPatty Jack Frost may be nipping at their nose in Michigan......
@Bewitchin1 - We're just getting started... there are a slew of us from Az on this site now and we can get pretty far out there.
@Bewitchin1 Just wait 'til we get to Thanksgiving.......
@WendyTeagarden Oh gosh people....you put a whole new spin on the holidays. I don't think I'll ever hear that song in the same way again...LOL
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What a story to show up late to..........
The guy's name is Jethro.
Wendy, I see your face popping up.. I like how this site doesn't have to be refreshed.
@DrivingMsPatty Pop! Goes the squirell....or weasel, whatever.
Urban foraging gone wrong.
Everybody knows you use Nair to remove the squirell's fur, plus it also serves as a marinade, this guy is such a rookieÂ
@AmFromHere - when's your urban cook book coming out?
"Kohsel says a firefighter broke a toe."
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When will they know whose toe it was?
@RatchetRanger ...a camel toe?????. ( You guys taught me that one)
"The resident's name wasn't immediately released."
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Well what was the squirrel's name???
@Kushfan - They call him Charred Remnants.
Do we know if the squirrel made it?
The squirreliest one had the blow-torch.
Cooking a squirrel with a blow torch....if there wasn't so much damage and destruction, this might be a funny story. Do people really eat squirrel?
@Kachina Not so much north of the Mason-Dixon line.
 @Kachina You must be a city person. yes people do eat squirrels, rabbits, deer, bears, doves, quail, pheasants, ducks, geese,  all kinds of wild animals. Most of it I can tell you from personal experience makes a very tasty meal.
 @Kachina I had it once when I was a kid. You have to use a lot of salt & pepper -- or at least thats how I remember it.
@Kachina Lots of youtube videos on how to clean and cook squirrel. Apparently it is pretty good. I hear that possum and raccoon are good too.  Nutria and porcupine are supposed to be terrible tasting.  I think that I will just stay happy eating the domesticated dead animals...chicken, turkey, duck, cow, pig, goat and sheep.
@Dirtman  I'm with you on the meat choices. However, I remember a couple of tasty pigs in high school......
@Kachina   Daniel Boone wannabe should use a campfire.