VANCOUVER, British Columbia —

An osprey caught a fish but got tired in the heat and dropped it onto power lines, sparking a brush fire in western Canada — at least that's what firefighters believe. Or maybe the bird is an aspiring chef.

Related video abov e: Game warden, firefighters rescue egret at Kiwanis Lake in York, Pennsylvania

“Another suspicion could be that it’s tired of raw fish and wanted to give cooked a try,” the Ashcroft Fire Rescue service said in a tongue-in-cheek social media post about the incident.

The firefighters shared photos of the charred fish on the blackened ground and said the fire took place July 30, about 4 miles south of the British Columbia town of Ashcroft.

They said investigators found that the fish “had been dropped by a local osprey onto hydro

See Full Page