Firefighters in Virginia said a fire that damaged eight classrooms at a middle school was sparked when an escaped python knocked over a heat lamp.

I don’t think there was any maliciousness involved on the snake’s side,” the Bedford County fire marshal said of the incident ...

An 8-foot python is blamed for starting a Virginia school fire, but a teacher says the snake didn't do it.

Authorities blamed Nanner for knocking over a heat fixture, but Brittany Jacobs contends it was trying to escape blaze ...

The snake contributed to starting the fire,” the fire marshal said. “However, I don’t think there was any maliciousness ...

At a Central Virginia middle school, an overnight fire that damaged eight classrooms and killed a tortoise was blamed on an ...

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

UPDATE 12:07 p.m.: Investigations from the Bedford County Fire Marshal’s Office determined the fire was caused by the eight-foot snake escaping from its cage and knocking over a heat lamp. UPDATE 8:40 ...

FOREST, Va. (WDBJ) - The Bedford County Fire Marshal’s Office has determined an overnight fire at Forest Middle School was accidental, caused by an escaped python that knocked over a heat lamp.

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 ...

Bedford County Fire and Rescue says the snake contributed to the Aug. 13 blaze, while her owner says the snake escaped ...

UPDATE 12:07 p.m.: Investigations from the Bedford County Fire Marshal’s Office determined the fire was caused by the eight-foot snake escaping from its cage and knocking over a heat lamp. UPDATE 8:40 ...