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This is nuts: Car in Acton goes up in flames, likely after squirrel's nest catches fire

By adamg on Mon, 12/23/2019 - 9:32am
Car fire in Acton

Photo by Acton PD.

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire? Acton Police report a car erupted in flames this morning.

Early investigation indicates it was possibly a squirrel's nest.

Neighborhoods: 
Arlington
Topics: 
Driving
Fire
Free tagging: 
Wildlife
Squirrels
Acton


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Comments

By BostonDog on Mon, 12/23/2019 - 10:18am.

TLF has started hiring Squirrel mercenaries.

Turkeys are mostly talk but squirrels don't negotiate.

By Athlete on Mon, 12/23/2019 - 10:20am.

Quick actin' in Acton.

By Lee on Mon, 12/23/2019 - 11:05am.

But mice do.

By ElizaLeila on Mon, 12/23/2019 - 1:19pm.

Simply googling "squirrel nest in car" proves you wrong. Many times over.

By Waquiot on Mon, 12/23/2019 - 1:42pm.

Until a few years ago, I did not realize that squirrels made nests like birds do. It feels stupid, even to me, but I thought they lived in tree hollows or something. Then I saw a bird building a nest.

By anon on Mon, 12/23/2019 - 3:57pm.

Around here they use anything they can find to build them, including plastic bags. Looks like crap. You can see a bunch of them on the trees along the Minuteman bikeway.

By Lee on Tue, 12/24/2019 - 3:28pm.

In winter, several will share one. Taking turns on the inside to warm up.

By Lee on Tue, 12/24/2019 - 3:27pm.

... is true. Many times over.

By ElizaLeila on Thu, 12/26/2019 - 11:58am.

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By anon on Mon, 12/23/2019 - 12:32pm.

Acton? Is the big oak tree still on 2 after the prison?

By mg on Mon, 12/23/2019 - 12:32pm.

When I lived out that direction I had trouble with chipmunks nesting under my car hood and wreaking havoc.

By anon on Wed, 12/25/2019 - 10:55am.

So do snakes.

By Turtlegeuse on Mon, 12/23/2019 - 2:17pm.

Not the hero we deserve but

By Turalura Lipschitz on Mon, 12/23/2019 - 2:58pm.

Boris & Natasha.

By BlackKat on Mon, 12/23/2019 - 4:39pm.

I actually had dozens, no exaggeration, of rats nesting in my engine compartment. They would all run out in single file when I started the car, making counting them easy. Thanks Allston!

No amount of traps or the like kept them out.

Finally found a solution [so far] in the form of an ultrasonic noise maker that goes under the hood. It seems to have driven them away, until they figure out how to chew through it's power wire anyhow.

By CopleyScott17 on Mon, 12/23/2019 - 8:32pm.

I wish you luck with the sonic solution. Has this problem become more widespread in the last few years, or am I just hearing about it more? We've had cold temperatures and warm engines and nasty little mammals forever...why so many invasions these days?

By anon on Mon, 12/23/2019 - 8:44pm.

or are they just guessing it’s a squirrel nest. With a fire that big how can you tell it wasn’t a mouse, rat, duck or Wolverine?