The blaze happened in Corby on Wednesday, caused by a faulty reptile heating map. Pet iguanas and other cold-blooded reptiles must be kept in warm in cold climates…. but maybe not that warm.
An iguana escaped certain death by hitching a ride on a fireman’s helmet as he exited a burning house in Northamptonshire in the UK on Wednesday.
The Northants Fire and Rescue Service tweeted a photo of the lizard casually perched on the firefighter alongside the caption: “couldn’t wait to be rescued and jumped to safety to hitch a ride out!!”
A spokeswoman for the fire service said it “was a very unique incident – one that we have never dealt with before.” She added that the fireman in the image was unaware that the iguana had scaled his body and onto his hat – at first “as he initially thought it was a colleague touching his helmet.”
The lizard actually played an indirect claw in the fire, as it was caused by a malfunctioning reptile heat mat in the property in Whitworth Avenue, Corby.
While the house was damaged, no one was injured in the blaze according to the BBC.
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