On the morning of May 17, firefighters fighting a fire in New York's Queens borough got a surprise. They found a 3m python, two cobras, tarantulas and a number of other animals inside the basement of the building.
"It was like something out of a science fiction story," said Lieutenant Ed Ireland, one of the firefighters who helped stop the fire.
The fire was reported at about 11:20am in the borough's Corona section. The fire's cause is still unknown. Once it was put out, Ireland noticed the python near his feet.
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In cages and tanks, there also were two small alligators, frogs, turtles and tarantulas, he said.
All the creatures were taken out by an animal rescue group, except for two that the lieutenant said probably died from breathing too much smoke.
"The cobras didn't make it," he said.
The animals' owner got tickets for breaking the health code.
(Jason Cox, Staff Writer with AP)
五月十七日早上,消防隊在紐約皇后區救火時大表詫異。牠們在公寓的地下室發現了一條三公尺的蟒蛇、兩條眼鏡蛇、幾隻塔蘭托毒蛛與一堆其他動物。
協助滅火的消防隊員之一艾德.艾爾蘭中尉說︰「就如同科幻電影一樣。」
消防隊在早上十一點二十分左右接獲皇后區的柯羅納區起火的消息。起火原因仍未明。火勢撲滅後,艾爾蘭中尉隨即注意到那條蟒蛇在他的腳邊。
他說,在籠子與櫃子中還有兩條小鱷魚、好幾隻青蛙、烏龜與塔蘭托毒蛛。
所有生物已被一個動物拯救團體帶走,除了中尉提到的那兩隻疑似被煙嗆死的動物之外。
他說︰「那條眼鏡蛇不幸罹難。」
這些動物的主人則拿到好幾張危害公眾健康的罰單。 (翻譯︰賴美君)
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