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To: one_less who wrote (7188)12/9/2003 2:50:54 PM
From: Tom Clarke  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 7720
 
Went to the mall today. I'm a sheeple!



To: one_less who wrote (7188)12/10/2003 6:43:06 PM
From: average joe  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 7720
 
Pigs Spark House Fire, Owner Dies

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- Five pigs searching for food ran into their owner's house in Cambodia, knocked over a container of gasoline and started a fire that killed the sleeping owner and seriously injured his wife, a newspaper reported Monday.

Phan Sophal, 37, died from burn injuries in hospital after the incident last Thursday in Kampong Speu province, 45 kilometers (30 miles) southwest of the capital, Phnom Penh, the Koh Santepheap (Island of Peace) newspaper said.

The victim's 32-year-old wife, Ly Rany, was burned and remains hospitalized in critical condition, the report said.

The pigs ran into the kitchen to look for food after the couple forgot to lock them in their pen at the end of the day, the report said. They knocked over a container holding about 20 liters (5.3 gallons) of gasoline, which splashed onto the stove where Ly Rany was cooking and started "a raging fire," the newspaper said.

Phan Sophal ran from his bed after catching fire and plunged into a nearby pond to extinguish the flames, according to the report.

The couple have three children who were not home at the time of the fire.