Damon and Monica Baker lost six of their 11 pet ball pythons. They breed them.
They were able to save five snakes, not just one. The picture with the article is just one of the snakes they saved with a poorly worded subtitle.

Very sorry to hear a guy was tased on his own property while trying to keep it from spreading until firefighters could arrive. I wish he could've saved more of his snakes... it's always sad to hear of pets killed in house fires.