Villagers attack seven elephants with flaming torches and arrows after they damaged their crops in India: Terrified animals suffer burns and other injuries, including one that lost an eye Mob of villagers in Assam state chased the elephants when they damaged crops The animals were resting when they were attacked with arrows and stones Some … Read more
A Welsh farmer torched hundreds of ‘worthless’ sheep fleeces in protest at rock-bottom wool prices after the pandemic saw the market for the natural material sink to ‘diabolical’ lows. He piled up 800 fleeces from newly-shorn sheep and turned them into a funeral pyre saying it was cheaper to destroy them by fire than to go to … Read more
Burning question! Man accidentally torches his own flat when romantic wedding proposal using ‘hundreds’ of candles goes disastrously wrong He left the room filled with hundreds of candles to fetch his girlfriend from work They returned to the flat and it had set alight with the fire service was on its way The South Yorkshire … Read more