Python Causes School Fire in Virginia
UPI: A python escaped from a terrarium and caused a fire at a school in Virginia.
Consensus
- A python escaped from a terrarium in a school in Bedford County, Virginia.
- The fire occurred in a classroom at the school.
- The fire was caused by the python knocking over a heat lamp.
- The fire was extinguished and no one was injured.
- Eight classrooms were damaged by the fire and subsequent firefighting efforts.
- Classes were temporarily moved to other locations due to the damage.
- The python was captured and returned to the terrarium after the incident.
Points of divergence
- The teacher of natural sciences disputed the fire's cause, claiming the python escaped after the fire had already started due to rising temperature in the classroom. — vm
- The fire was reported to have been caused by the python entering the classroom and knocking over the heat lamp, and the fire department reported encountering an eight-foot-long python. — vesti
- The school involved is named Forest Middle School, and the python was described as 2.4 meters long. — m24
Coverage (3 sources)
- Python 2.5 meters long caused fire in school in Virginia — Вечерняя Москва
- UPI: python escaped from terrarium and caused fire in school in Virginia — Вести
- In the US, a python escaped from a terrarium and started a fire in a school — Москва 24