Personally, I blame George Bush:

The gate at the entrance to this tiny Sicilian village has come off its hinges and swings in the wind as cats wander into homes abandoned after a series of mystery fires.

Spontaneous fires started in mid-January in the town of Canneto di Caronia, in about 20 houses. After a brief respite last month, the almost daily fires have flared up again — even though electricity to the village was cut off.

With that many people nosing around I guess it must not be some enterprising unemployed teenage "yutes", but that's still my first choice as to what's going on.