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.

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 ...