Eleven Snakes Saved in Fire
Firefighters in St. George, Utah, had much more to deal with in addition to fire flames when they answered a call inside a neighborhood trailer park. Turns out, the flames had been the simple part. The difficult part of their job was rescuing the trailer owner’s nineteen pet pythons from the fire. Apparently the owner had such a massive collection of pet snakes that they may have been consuming too much electricity. The good news is that incredibly, of the nineteen snakes captured inside the fire, eleven of them pulled through, which included an 18 foot giant serpent. Sadly, that means that eight of the snakes were killed. The reason for the fire is thought to be a malfunctioning heat lamp fixture for one of the numerous, snake terrariums within the trailer. If all of the heat lamps were plugged into the same breaker, then it’s surprising that a fire didn’t start sooner. A little common sense always comes in handy.
