Now, Dani Hamm is the reigning "Village Idiot" in Story, Indiana.
Hamm had given her locks a dousing with hairspray.
She was driving to work in February when she lit up a cigarette and then heard a "whoosh."
It was her hair igniting.
The dubious Village Idiot honor was bestowed by regulars at the Story Inn, where Hamm is a bartender.
The title is awarded every April.
It also comes with a $100 bar tab at the rural inn.
