HOLLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- Authorities say a blaze that displaced dozens from a southwest Michigan apartment complex might have been sparked by a resident trying to cook a squirrel with a propane torch.
The resident apparently planned to eat the animal and was burning off its fur on a third-floor deck at the building in Ottawa County on Wednesday. Eight units were destroyed.
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