Mating Tortoises Cause Fire

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/06/mating-tortoises-fire-alf-clayton-glayner_n_2821727.html?utm_hp_ref=weird-news

from the article:

An English couple believes that their pet tortoises' mating ritual was responsible for the fire that destroyed their conservatory and garage, the Evening Gazette reported.

Alf Clayton, of Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, told the paper that the two animals, Henry and Alice, had recently woken up from hibernation. Henry "was trying to mate with his partner," chasing her around the tortoise den.

A Cleveland Fire Brigade spokesman attributed the fire to a toppled incubator lamp that set fire to the woodchips surrounding it. Clayton says Henry "must have knocked the heater over" during his lustful pursuit.

Both tortoises perished in the blaze which was put out before it reached the house.