B.C. wildfire survivors include pet salamander and tarantula

B.C. wildfire survivors include pet salamander and tarantula. The development was reported by CFJC Today Kamloops.

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When Amanda Roberts and her 10-year-old son River fled the Bald Range fire before it wiped out the community of Faulder, B.C., they had to leave behind some of their beloved pets, including a tarantula named Velky Pavouk and Mongo the salamander.

The critters were in two terrariums they left behind in a vehicle they abandoned, such was the urgency to get out. Roberts says their largest terrarium couldn’t even be moved and pet ball python inside didn’t survive the fire when it destroyed the home.

But while the home was destroyed, Roberts says Mongo and Velky Pavouk — whose name means “big spider” in Czech — somehow survived for five days in the abandoned vehicle and were rescued by “an amazing RCMP officer.”