Flaming Pet Rat Starts Fire, Damages Titusville Home

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A pet rat, a piece of twine and some questionable judgment ended with a Brevard County home in flames. David Stanifer and two friends were inside the home on Friars Court in Brevard County when the fire started early Monday morning.

Stanifer and two other people were chasing the rat, named Amelia Earhart, around the house.

“They told us they were playing with their pet mouse or rat and they tied a ribbon to it and they were cutting a ribbon with the lighter,” said Lt. Teresa Uzel of the Brevard County Fire Rescue.

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