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01-14-2017, 10:17 PM
Arsonist pet tortoise starts fire that burns neighbor's home and causes $150,000 in damage
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A tortoise in San Antonio is being blamed for a fire that spread to a neighboring home, causing an estimated $150,000 in damage.
The tortoise's motives remain unclear.
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According to Fox 29 San Antonio (http://foxsanantonio.com/news/local/family-pet-turtle-escape-house-fire-on-**rthwest-side)the reptilian suspect is 15 years old, his name is Bits and he weighs about 120 pounds.
Bits reportedly k**cked down a heat lamp in his outdoor enclosure around midnight on January 10, starting a fire that spread to a neighboring home. The family in the burned home had to evacuate but was unharmed. Bits himself suffered mi**r burns to his shell but **thing serious. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/01/14/tortoise-fire-san-antonio/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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A tortoise in San Antonio is being blamed for a fire that spread to a neighboring home, causing an estimated $150,000 in damage.
The tortoise's motives remain unclear.
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Bits reportedly k**cked down a heat lamp in his outdoor enclosure around midnight on January 10, starting a fire that spread to a neighboring home. The family in the burned home had to evacuate but was unharmed. Bits himself suffered mi**r burns to his shell but **thing serious. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/01/14/tortoise-fire-san-antonio/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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