Iguana wreaks havoc with power lines, starts fire

BY MARCY SHORTUSE - It started with a bang and ended with a whimper for one iguana on Monday, July 2, as he quickly found out that playing on power lines behind the water district plant is not a productive pastime.

At approximately 10:30 a.m. the call came in to Boca Grande Fire that power lines were down and small fires were occurring there. A large iguana, approximately 3 feet long, had caused the wires on a power pole to short out.