{"id":771817,"date":"2019-12-26T13:44:32","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T13:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/26\/45-year-old-angry-tortoise-recued-from-fire-it-started\/"},"modified":"2019-12-26T13:44:32","modified_gmt":"2019-12-26T13:44:32","slug":"45-year-old-angry-tortoise-recued-from-fire-it-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/26\/45-year-old-angry-tortoise-recued-from-fire-it-started\/","title":{"rendered":"45-Year-Old &#8220;Angry&#8221; Tortoise Recued From Fire It Started"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/images-53.jpg\"  class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1085058 lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" \/><\/p>\n<p><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1085058 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/images-53.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\"  \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>It would have been a fire christmas for a 45-year-old tortoise as the reptile knocked a heat lamp onto his bedding, which caught fire according to Sky News.<\/p>\n<p>It filled the house near Uttlesford in Essex with smoke on Christmas Day at around 4:50pm. Neighbours heard the fire alarm and called 999, scrambling firefighters.<\/p>\n<p>They put the blaze out and rescued the unnamed shell-dweller, which Essex County Fire and Rescue Service said \u201cmight look angry\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Gary Wain, watch manager at Great Dunmow Fire Station, said: \u201cThis incident shows just how important it is to have smoke alarms on every level of your home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven if you\u2019re not home they will alert anyone close by to the first sign of fire.<\/p>\n<p>The tortoise can be said to have had a lucky christmas as it was saved from an impending fire outbreak.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n\t\tn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n\t\tn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n\t\tt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\n\t\tdocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\tfbq('init', '247107802609931');\n\tfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v4.0\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It would have been a fire christmas for a 45-year-old tortoise as the reptile knocked a heat lamp onto his bedding, which caught fire according to Sky News. 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