Bushwacked: Late Breaking News

This just in. The New Jersey domicile was set ablaze by one Braniel Clark today.

At 6pm today, residents of a New Jersey home were aroused by a strange smell as their house began to burn. The house suffered smoke damage, a burned wall, and torched window drapes.

"I just smelled something weird. At first we thought it was the laundry, but then we realized it was a fire," Red Beard, the father of the home stated.

"Dad jumped up first. We entered the room where the smell was coming from and saw the curtains on fire," said Homerlicious, a son with a larger than average size head.

Earlier in the day, Braniel, another son living in the home, decided to air out his room by opening the window. But to open the window he had to move the curtains. And what better place to put the curtains than inside the lamp shade.

Several hours later, Homerlicious came into the room and turned on the light. He left the light on as he left the home because occupants were still present. The three were enjoying dinner as the heat from the light began to burn the wadded up drapes. Flames bellowed up the wall until smoke alerted the father.

"It just smelled so bad," he said. "Then the fire alarm went off. I grabbed the fire extinguisher and put out the fire."

"He was a real hero," stated Homerlicious.

The wall needs to be replaced as do the drapes. Estimated damages exceed $5,000.

"I don't know why it's my fault," Braniel said. "Homer should have taken the drapes out of the lamp shade. Don't people normally look for that kind of thing?"