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We’re working on a Snake Theme here, people. WTOP’s Hank Silverberg reports that a house fire in Fairfax County has claimed the lives of dozens of snakes, scorpions, and lizards that were trapped inside cages in the attic when the fire broke out. Resident Zachary Frodge had been breeding the animals, which included “non-poisonous ball pythons, corn snakes, rat snakes, Columbia red tail boa constrictors, bearded dragons and a green iguana,” for sale. No humans were injured in the blaze, though the house, which is in the Alexandria section of the County, was pretty badly damaged.