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

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

'Hard to put a 10-foot snake in a bucket': Python captured in Myrtle Beach's Market Common community

As owner and operator of The Snake Chaser, Russell Cavender gets lots of frantic phone calls about massive serpents on the ...
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Video shows hunters wrestling 16-foot 'monster' snake as Florida Python Challenge crowns winners

"There are plenty more big ones crawling around out there, too." ...

Python challenge grand prize winner snags 96 snakes along with $10,000

More than 900 contestants vying for the $10,000 grand prize scoured South Florida for 10 days during the 2026 Florida Python Challenge.

Invasive Burmese Pythons Have Formed a New Snake Hotspot Outside the Florida Everglades, Experts Say

Wildlife officials believe the new python population started because of snakes that were released or escaped from captivity ...