Fire crews rescue dogs, boa constrictor from...
A large boa constrictor and two dogs were rescued from a Silver Spring, Maryland, house fire early Tuesday that started because a heater was too close to dog bedding. Montgomery County firefighters responded to the basement fire in a single-family house in the 2800 block of Woodstock Avenue around 6:45 a.m. Tuesday, fire department spokesman Pete Piringer tweeted. Three of the home’s human residents — two adults and one child — escaped to safety without serious injury. Meanwhile, fire...