Pet snake enclosure sparks fire inside Massachusetts home
A fire that broke out at a home in Whitman was caused by a pet snake enclosure.
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Matt Schooley is a digital producer at CBS Boston, producing content for WBZ-TV, CBS News Boston, and cbsnews.com. Matt has been a member of the WBZ news team for the last decade.
Matt is a graduate of Springfield College in Massachusetts, where he studied communications and sports journalism. He has previous journalism experience at Neighborhood News in New Hampshire, as well as creating local news content for Patch sites throughout Middlesex County.
A fire that broke out at a home in Whitman was caused by a pet snake enclosure.
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