Love-hungry tortoises burn house down in the UK

Two mating tortoises have been blamed for starting a devastating house fire.

Love-hungry tortoises burn house down in the UK

Two mating tortoises have been blamed for starting a devastating house fire.

Henry the tortoise was on his way to meet his girlfriend Alice after waking up from hibernation when he accidentally knocked over a heater which in turn set fire to some wood shavings in pensioners Alf and Gayner Clayton's home in Stockton-on-Tees, north east England.

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