Snakes scare off 85 firemen
Jan 5, 2012 |
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VIENNA - Hoses weren't the only things uncoiling at this blaze. Austrian firefighters answering an alarm found something their training didn't prepare them for - a trove of highly venomous snakes.
Fire department spokesman Franz Resperger said 85 firefighters beat a hasty retreat from a burning barn east of Vienna after a neighbour told them to watch out for the reptiles kept inside by the owner.
The blaze was finally extinguished on Tuesday after an expert summoned to the scene captured seven snakes, including an Indian cobra and two Australian taipans - all packing potent venom that there was no antidote for in Austria.
One of the reptiles was nearly 2 metres long.
Jan 5, 2012
Ngwedane'endala
People must stop keeping snakes, if it was me I was going to let the house burn coz where there is a snake its a no go area for me.Report Abuse
Jan 5, 2012
Atro
LoL. The thought of someone running away in fear is a killer. But it's serious, yoh. Snakes belong in their own planet. Not here. We'll end up dying from nonsense that is really hazardous to us humans.Report Abuse
Jan 5, 2012
LaVidaLoca
i would run like hell too.....LOL...Mara why would a human being keep snakes of that type....??..batho ba loyana I tell you that
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