Associated Press Updated: 22 March 2013 | 2:04 pm in News Hawk by John McGlothlen

Woman and son set snake on fire, snake slithers towards house and destroys it

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TEXARKANA, Texas (AP) – Authorities say a northeast Texas woman recently learned a hard lesson: Don’t try to kill a snake by setting it on fire.

The woman was cleaning the yard outside a home near Texarkana Wednesday night when she spotted a snake. Bowie County Sheriff’s Capt. David Grable says she poured gasoline on the snake to try to kill it. Her son then dropped a lit match on the snake.

The engulfed snake slithered into some brush nearby the home. Grable says the brush ignited and started a fire that destroyed the home and damaged one next door.

Both homes were vacant, and no one was injured.

Grable says most snakes are harmless if left alone.

 

Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.

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