The gate at the entrance to Canneto Di Caronia, Italy has come off its hinges and swings in the wind as cats wander into homes abandoned after a series of mystery fires. Canneto di Caronia has been taken over by an endless flow of scientists, engineers, police and even a few "ghostbusters" searching for clues to the recent spontaneous combustion of everything from microwave ovens to a car. The fires started in mid-January and have …showed first 75 words of 700 total…

…showed last 75 words of 700 total…and mother of two. "I don't know what's causing it and I don't care anymore -- even if it's the devil." Her nine-year-old daughter, who is frightened every time a TV or bathroom fan switches on, may not agree. Spinnato, the mayor, sounds just as desperate. "Someone wrote to us saying the solution was to sacrifice a black goat and collect its blood. At some point, that's going to start looking like a good idea."