{
  "id": 1684261,
  "title": "Virginia teacher and firefighters feud over whether a python started schoolhouse fire",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/virginia-teacher-and-firefighters-feud-over-whether-a-python-started",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T09:00:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/18/virginia-teacher-firefighters-python-school-fire"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Authorities blamed Nanner for knocking over a heat fixture, but Brittany Jacobs contends it was trying to escape blaze The snake didn’t start the fire. So says a Virginia science teacher who owns a python that was found outside its enclosure in a middle school classroom that caught fire recently. Authorities, meanwhile, have publicly blamed the fire on the snake, named Nanner, alleging the python…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}