Tortoise rescued after setting Great Dunmow house on fire
An"angry-looking" tortoise has been rescued after it started a fire in a house.
The 45-year-old reptile was home alone when it knocked a heat lamp on to its bedding in a room at the house in Duton Hill, Great Dunmow, on Christmas Day. Firefighters were called at about 16:30 GMT after neighbours heard alarms, and found the house smoke-logged. Watch manager Gary Wain said the tortoise"will now hopefully continue to live a long and happy life"."Even if you're not home, they will alert anyone close by to the first sign of fire," Mr Wain said.
"This tortoise has had a very lucky Christmas Day - he is 45 years young and will now hopefully continue to live a long and happy life, thanks to working smoke alarms."said:"This 45 year old tortoise might look angry but it's his lucky day. Our on-call crews left their families to go extinguish the fire and gave him a very merry Christmas."
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