Pig Accused of Starting Fire in Upstate SC Home

ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) – A South Carolina pig is being blamed for a fire that destroyed its owner’s home.

Anderson County Sheriff’s Office animal control officer Jamie Turner is the owner of the home.

She tells the Anderson Independent Mail that the blaze likely started Saturday afternoon when the 200- to 300-pound pig knocked over a secured heat lamp, causing flames to spread through her family’s house.

Neither Turner, nor her mother, nor her 14-month-old daughter was injured in the fire. The pig also survived.