A Journal Square area fire, near Garrison and Sip is being blamed on one of two pet iguanas knocking over a heat lamp, touching off a blaze that killed either the offending iguana, or their innocent playmate.
Fire Director Armando Roman said one of the iguanas had gotten loose and was running around when it knocked over a heat lamp that ignited blankets on a bed. He also said that once the fire got going, the homeowner tried putting it out with a garden hose until it became too big to fight with, well, a garden hose.
Jersey City police have taken the surviving iguana into custody to ask it some questions and to determine if any laws of the animal kingdom were broken.
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