Wiltshire firefighters save two Tortoises before meeting a python

Firefighters from Dorset and Wiltshire were called to a very different shout this weekend.

They attended a fire at the home of a python and two Toirtoises.

Fire crews from Verwood and Blandford were called to the property fire in Sixpenny Handley at 17:12 on Saturday 17th April.

There was fire in the property involving a carpet used in the base of a vivarium for a couple of Tortoises.

The small fire was extinguished using two breathing apparatus and a hose reel jet.

The Tortoises were saved and the watch manager was excited to be able to handle a python that lived at the property.

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