Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A female 8-foot python named Nanner has become an unlikely suspect in a central Virginia middle school fire, with officials saying ...

A female 8-foot python named Nanner has become an unlikely suspect in a central Virginia middle school fire, with officials saying the snake helped start the blaze and her owner arguing that Nanner ...

Firefighters battling a blaze at a Bedford County, Virginia, middle school encountered more than just smoke. Hiding underneath a desk in a classroom was an 8-foot python, which fire officials say ...

Aug. 14 (UPI) --Firefighters in Virginia said a fire that damaged eight classrooms at a middle school was sparked when an escaped python knocked over a heat lamp. The Forest Fire Department said crews ...

Jacobs says all reptiles were secured in locked tanks and heat fixtures were properly installed before the fire "I have never had an animal escape or have any lights/heat emitters cause any fire ...

Authorities blamed Nanner for knocking over a heat fixture, but Brittany Jacobs contends it was trying to escape blaze The snake didn’t start the fire. So says a Virginia science teacher who owns a ...

“I don’t think there was any maliciousness involved on the snake’s side,” the Bedford County fire marshal said of the incident Forest Fire Department/Facebook Teacher Brittany Jacobs denies her python ...

Life science teacher Brittany Jacobs says Nanner was simply trying to escape the fire, which had already started. Breaking News Intern An 8-foot python has been accused of starting a fire at a ...

FOREST, Va. (WDBJ) - The Bedford County Fire Marshal’s Office has determined an overnight fire at Forest Middle School was accidental, caused by an escaped python that knocked over a heat lamp.

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 ...