Firefighters say rodents may be the reason a fire broke out Thursday morning in Chico.  The fire was called in by a neighbor around 7:45 AM after they saw smoke and flames coming from the upper level of the home.  The resident told firefighters he heard a scurrying noise in the attic a few hours earlier, around 1:30 in the morning, and then the power went out.   Roof rats, squirrels and mice will commonly chew power lines so it wouldn't be a surprise if they indirectly caused a short.

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