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That’s the actual headline from an article in The Register<\/a> (via Jalopnik<\/a>) that gives us this quote:<\/p>\n

Tony Millar explained: “The squirrel chewed through the wire, was set on fire, fell down directly to where the car was. The squirrel, on fire, slid into the engine compartment and blew up the car.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m not sure who was having a worse day, the owner of the torched Camry or the squirrel. The Camry was insured, so I guess the squirrel. And the Camry owner survived.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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