Spokane firefighters Jared Contabile, left, and Jon Stevens emerge covered in insulation after tearing out a ceiling of a burning house at the corner of 46th Avenue and Stone Street on Wednesday. Firefighters rescued a pet python before the home almost burned to the ground. Story here. (SR photo: Dan Pelle)

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