The London Fire Brigade rescued a tortoise and a dog from an apartment fire that was sparked by the tortoise tipping over its heat lamp. Photo courtesy of the London Fire Brigade
The London Fire Brigade responded to an apartment in the city where a “naughty tortoise” sparked a blaze by knocking over his heat lamp.
The brigade said crews responded to a fire on the fourth floor of an apartment building on Thursday and discovered a small fire in one room of the residence.
The responders rescued a tortoise and a small dog found hiding under the stairs.
“The fire was caused by the naughty tortoise knocking over his heat lamp which fell onto the hay, a combustible material, in his aquarium,” officials wrote in a news release.
The tortoise and his canine sibling were not injured and were reunited with their owner.
