Snake blamed
A boa constrictor basking in the light of a powerful heal lamp in the United States has been blamed for a blaze that gutted a large home, leaving SUSISO,OOO worth of damage, said fire officials. A Los Angeles County fire spokesman, Dick Friend, said that the family snake knocked over' the lamp in its cage, setting off the blaze at the home of Ruth Wright—California.
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Press, 10 January 1983, Page 27
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