How NOT to get rid of a mouse in the house!
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/08/mouse.fire.ap/index.html
Seems some guy finds a mouse in the house and puts it (alive!) in a small fire he has going in the back yard. The mouse (on fire) jumps out of the fire and scurries back to the house, setting the house on fire! House burns down.
Hoo boy!