Blazing bunny spreads fire at cricket club

LONDON – A rabbit set alight by a bonfire at a British cricket club got its revenge when it ran burning into a hut and set it ablaze, destroying costly equipment, the club said on Friday.

Members of Devizes cricket club in Wiltshire, western England, were burning dead branches when a rabbit caught up in the waste sped burning from the flames spreading a fire which destroyed lawnmowers and tools worth US$110 000. “After it had been going five minutes, the rabbit shot out of the bonfire, on fire, and went into the hut which is our equipment store,” club chairman John Bedbrook said.Two fire engines were called to extinguish the blaze.The rabbit’s skeleton was discovered in the charred hut.”The firemen were certainly concerned about the rabbit.They felt sorry for it,” said Bedbrook.- Nampa-Reuters”After it had been going five minutes, the rabbit shot out of the bonfire, on fire, and went into the hut which is our equipment store,” club chairman John Bedbrook said.Two fire engines were called to extinguish the blaze.The rabbit’s skeleton was discovered in the charred hut.”The firemen were certainly concerned about the rabbit.They felt sorry for it,” said Bedbrook.- Nampa-Reuters

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