Forty snakes die in Goodna house fire August 9, 2013 - 5:01PM Fire has destroyed a family home in Goodna. Photo: Nine News Forty snakes and dozens of rats have died in a fire that destroyed a home belonging to a family of eight west of Brisbane. The reptiles were in the garage of Norman Hill's Queen Street home in Goodna, Ipswich, when the fire broke out about 9am on Friday. The hobby python breeder recently bought the home with his fiance and the couple was planning to hold their wedding reception at the property on Saturday. The owners of this burnt out house were planning to hold their wedding reception here on Saturday. The garage was gutted, while the rest of the house, including the bedrooms of their six children, was severely damaged. Firefighters believe an electrical fault caused the blaze. Officers at the scene suspected one of the dozens of rats Mr Hill kept in the garage may have chewed through an electrical cord connected to a heating lamp.