Hot foot

From Dwight Perry at Sideline Chatter:

A rabbit that picked the wrong pile of dead branches as a hiding place last week exacted its revenge on the Devizes Cricket Club in Wiltshire, England.

Minutes after a club cleanup crew lit the pile ablaze, the rabbit came scurrying out and high-tailed it for alternate shelter — in this case, the club’s storage shed.

Just one problem: The critter had been set afire, too. As a result, the flames spread rabbitly into the outbuilding, destroying it as well as lawnmowers and other tools worth $100,000 by the time two fire engines arrived.

“The firemen were certainly concerned about the rabbit,” club chairman John Bedbrook told Reuters. “They felt sorry for it.”

Fire officials, saying the remains were too badly charred, nonetheless suspect this rabbit had four unlucky feet.