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For the Birds

Fire Brigade investigator Matt Cullen was trying to determine the cause of a building fire in south London, England. “When we got up into the roof, we were baffled as there were no obvious ignition sources,” Cullen said. Then, a breakthrough: “The smoking gun was found when we discovered a partially burnt bird’s nest,” Cullen explained. “We believe that one of the birds picked up a cigarette butt that was still smouldering and dropped it into the nest, causing it to catch fire and set the roof alight.” (MS/BBC) ...Smoking isn’t even for the birds.
Original Publication Date: 30 March 2014
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 20.

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