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Python accused of starting school fire that killed tortoise and damaged classrooms, teacher defends her snake

After a fire started in the middle of the night at Forest Middle School in Virginia on August 13, killing a tortoise and ...

A python is blamed for school fire. Teacher says the snake is innocent

A female 8-foot python named Nanner has become an unlikely suspect in a central Virginia middle school fire, with officials saying the snake helped start the blaze and her owner arguing that Nanner ...