More Than 100 Snakes Found In Delray Beach Warehouse On Fire

POSTED: 7:48 am EDT September 17, 2007

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. -- Firefighters responding to a Delray Beach warehouse found more than a blaze. There were more than 100 snakes in the building.

Some of the boa constrictors found early Sunday morning were eight feet long. Pythons were between 12 and 17 feet long. One weighed as much as 200 pounds.

No people were injured in the fire, but several small snakes were killed.

The owner of the snakes said he sells the animals to retailers.