Some folks move to desperate measures after they see a snake, any snake.
But for a TX home-owner, AN impromptu anti-snake answer -- set that repulsive reptilian aflame -- came back to bite. Big time.
Six fireplace crews in jap TX had to reply on as a house burned, with the unidentified owner blaming the blaze on a blazing snake.
The home-owner within the Liberty-Eylau space south of Texarkana had noticed what was delineated as an oversized black snake, and set to try to to one thing regarding it.
"She simply did not like snakes, I guess," Liberty-Eylau fireman David Wesslehoft told CNN on Friday, in one thing of AN understatment.
The woman aforementioned she poured petrol on the snake, that apparently was then burn by her son, in step with Wesslehoft.
Then things really got hot.
The snake fled to a brush pile between two homes. The brush ignited, sending flames through tall, dry grass toward the residences, officials said.
"The house is on fire," a 911 caller said. "Could you hurry up, please?"
A brick home the woman had recently purchased to move into was a complete loss, said Bowie County Sheriff's Deputy Randall Baggett. The other home, which she also owned, suffered 20% damage.
The fire was being investigated. The snake's fate wasn't legendary.