UPDATE: Squirrel photo!
Sorry, it’s not the fire-starting squirrel of today’s Rossmoor-area conflagration–in happier times. It’s just a photo of a regular old fox squirrel, the kind that I understand (I’m no naturalist) that scamper and chatter across our East Bay suburban lawns, up and down our oak trees, and over our power lines.
Sorry, but dead squirrels are a bit of an interest–or, dare I say–obsession of mine–given that one of my first musings on this blog had to do with what seemed like an alarming incidence of dead squirrel sightings around my neighborhood.
EARLIER:
A two-alarm blaze near Rossmoor this morning was caused by a squirrel. The little guy apparently became entangled in a power line and sparked the wildfire at about 9:30 a.m. that burned in a remote canyon in the hills between Walnut Creek and Lafayette.
Crazy in Suburbia 
I am so glad you posted this. I could see the plume of smoke, because I live close by, and I tried to find out what was going on, as the helicopters where circling around, with those water buckets!1 Poor little squirrel 😦 And of course poor fire fighters!!
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RIP squirrel.
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I think the squirrel was attacked by three knife wielding maniacs. Just a theory at this point.
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Yummy, nothing like picking fried squirrel out of your teeth.
And for all you PETA lovers yes it is murder…..sweet delicious, succulent murder.
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Our CC Times headlined this story: “Rossmoor grass fire started by burning squirrel”. Gotta love that one!
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Yes, Jojo,
That is a good headline.
Poor, poor, squirrel.
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Feed the squirrels to the hawks and owls of the world….the only reason there are so many around is that birds of prey are endagered…remember ladies they ARE rodents….
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