Tortoise Burns His Owner's Apartment

Killer Tortoise!
Fire officials say a lumbering pet tortoise sparked a fast-moving fire in a New York City apartment after escaping from its tank and knocking over the terrarium’s heat lamp.
His owner Eighteen-year-old Mohamed Salem and his family were not home at the time.
Giovani, a 6-year-old African tortoise about the size of a basketball, survived. But another pet, a turtle that lived in a water tank, was killed.
We know what you’re thinking — Was this Givoani’s plan all along?
So far there has been no word on opening this as a homicide case.
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