A 45-year-old tortoise had to be rescued after he managed to start a house fire on Christmas Day. The Tortoise knocked over a heat lamp onto his bedding, which then caught fire.Neighbours heard the smoke alarm sounding in the property near Uttlesford, Essex, and alerted firefighters.
They rushed to the scene and found a fire in one of the rooms and smoke filling the rest of the house. Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze and cleared the property of smoke.
