CONIFER – Investigating a reported truck on fire, deputies arrived on Jubilee Trail at midnight to find – a truck on fire. How hot was it? Picture flames roaring out of the pickup’s engine compartment in a macabre V-8 flambe’ while residents of the residence scramble like an Indy pit crew to get every other piece of flammable rolling stock out of the free-fire zone, and you’re getting warm. Assessing the damage after the fact, officers noted a blackened extension cord running from the house to the Cajun-style vehicle. According to the owner, the cooked cord powered what could just be the most effective block heater on the market today. Crack units of the Elk Creek Fire Department arrived to douse the blaze before it spread to a boat parked next to the barbecued baggage-buggy, declaring the incident regrettable, but not criminal, which came as cold comfort to the chef.