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Python accused of starting school fire that killed tortoise and damaged classrooms, teacher defends her snake

After a fire started in the middle of the night at Forest Middle School in Virginia on August 13, killing a tortoise and ...

8-foot python accused of starting ‘devastating’ school fire that damaged eight classrooms and killed a tortoise

“I don’t think there was any maliciousness involved on the snake’s side,” the Bedford County fire marshal said of the ...

Virginia teacher and firefighters feud over whether a python started schoolhouse fire

Authorities blamed Nanner for knocking over a heat fixture, but Brittany Jacobs contends it was trying to escape blaze ...
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Forest Middle School recovers from Python-caused fire, tortoise dies in blaze

BEDFORD, VA. (WFXR) - Its a fire investigation unlike anything Bedford County Chief Fire Marshal, Steven Whipple says he's seen before. Just after 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, firefighters responded to a ...

A python is blamed for school fire. Teacher says the snake is innocent

An 8-foot python is blamed for starting a Virginia school fire, but a teacher says the snake didn't do it.
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Virginia middle school recovering from Python-caused fire; tortoise dies in blaze

BEDFORD, VA. (WFXR) – It’s a fire investigation unlike anything Bedford County Chief Fire Marshal Steven Whipple says he’s seen before. Just after 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, firefighters responded to a ...