Firefighters rescued more than 100 snakes from a burning house in Texas that the owner had kept as pets

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Firefighters rescued more than 100 snakes from a burning home in Conroe, Texas, a suburb of Houston, on Saturday.

While the Caney Creek firefighters didn't ask why there were so many snakes in the home, Fire Chief Raymond Flannelly told INSIDER that they appeared to be the homeowner's pets.

As of the end of the day of the fire, not a single snake had died from flames or smoke, Flannelly said.

The house fire was sparked by lights on a Christmas tree and was preventable, Flannelly said.

More than 100 snakes were rescued from a house fire in a Houston, Texas, suburb over the weekend in what the city's fire chief called one of the weirdest rescues he's ever seen.

Caney Creek Fire and Rescue of Conroe, Texas, responded to a house fire on Saturday that was started by a Christmas tree with its lights left on, Fire Chief Raymond Flannelly told INSIDER.See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: The legendary economist who predicted the housing crisis says the US will win the trade warSee Also:The husband of a teacher who got arrested after being filmed forcibly cutting a student's hair said he's shocked and confused by video of the incidentStudents say they warned school administrators about the California teacher who was arrested for forcibly cutting a student's hair, and their calls went ignored2 nuns are accused of embezzling 500,000 from a Catholic school and allegedly using the money for gambling and travel

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