Firefighters responding to an apartment fire alarm got a little more than they bargained for Monday afternoon — in the form of snakes.

A python in Queensland, Australia, got quite a scratchy surprise when the 5-foot-long (1.5 meters) snake gulped down a tennis ball this week.

A heating unit may have sparked the deadly blaze. Over the weekend, 100 ball python snakes were lost in a house fire. According to Brandon Repovz, of Hempfield Township, the snakes were worth ...

Members of the Oak Park Fire Department said they were called to the scene on Saturday after a man’s pet ball python got loose while they were riding a CTA Green Line train.

Firefighters in Florida were flagged down by a driver with an unusual emergency -- they found a python in the engine compartment of their truck.

A resident of Village By the Lake condos in South Everett had an unexpected visitor at 7am on Wednesday, September 4th.

It was also unclear if the ball python -- a breed more likely found in Africa than a crash-damaged New Hyde Park firehouse -- sustained an injury. The python was returned to the Garden City Park ...

KUALA LUMPUR: A driver drove straight to the Cyberjaya fire station after seeing a large python emerging from the hood of his moving car.

SEOUL: A baby ball python, an endangered species native to Africa, was found inside a hotel room in Yangyang County, Gangwon province, according to news reports on Wednesday (June 25).