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 $30,000.

Firefighters responding to an apartment fire alarm got a little more than they bargained for Monday afternoon — in the form of snakes. According to Larry Mueller, assistant fire marshal for Rochester, ...

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). When ...

A pet ball python named Lucius escaped from his pirate-costumed owner on a CTA Green Line train and hid inside a control box. Oak Park firefighters were called to the Harlem stop and safely rescued ...

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. Luckily for the reptile, veterinarians were able to remove ...

OAK PARK, Ill. — Almost like a scene from the 2006 cult classic “Snakes on a Plane,” fire crews in the western suburbs were called in to help after a curious pet got loose on a Green Line train while ...

There are plenty of expected, unexpected and just plain unusual emergencies that New Hyde Park firefighters face on a daily basis. It's safe to say that for Chief Steven Waldron and his crew, a Toyota ...

KUALA LUMPUR: A driver drove straight to the Cyberjaya fire station after seeing a large python emerging from the hood of his moving car. The incident caught in a two-minute and 48-second video was ...

Dec. 29 (UPI) --Firefighters in Florida were flagged down by a driver with an unusual emergency -- they found a python in the engine compartment of their truck. The Fort Myers Fire Department said in ...