Burning Down The Rut

Mama Rutland alerted Rut Girl's attention to a cool photo on the Rutland Herald's website this week. It was a fire that took place alongside the parking lot at Walmart on Wednesday.



Intrigued, Rut Girl perused the Herald's site for some kind of story about said fire but turned up nothing. We got in touch with Lalena Conklin who posted the video and accompanying photo to see what she had heard.


Fire in Walmart parking lot

We were hoping for an exciting story about a pyromaniac on the loose (not that Rut Girl condones intentionally setting fires; just hoping for a good yarn is all) but sadly that wasn't to be.

According to the very helpful Lalena, the fire was caused by faulty wiring in the outlets located underneath the bushes. Fortunately Rutland's finest were there to put the fire out before things got out of control. We love the bit at the end where you can hear a bystander remark 'that bush is hot'. Aaah another Rutter telling it like it is.

Anyway, Lalena, a photographer, also has some pretty cool photos. Friend her on MySpace to see them (Rut Girl especially likes her ice photos).

For whatever reason we can't watch the video without humming our localized version of Talking Heads' Burning Down The House.

'Hold tight, we're in for nasty weather. There has got to be a way, burning down The Rut'. Catchy.