AUBURN (AP) — It may sounds like a B-grade movie, but it was all too real for Maine firefighters who encountered “Snakes in an attic.”
Firefighters in Auburn learned upon responding to an attic fire Monday morning that a tenant was keeping 25 to 30 ball pythons in the attic.
Capt. Scott Hunter tells WMTW-TV that firefighters rescued about half of the snakes after being told they were not poisonous.
Firefighters believe a heater used to keep the snakes warm caused the fire. The snakes’ owner told firefighters he kept the reptiles as pets.
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