Monty Python star Michael Palin has joked that he was pulled to safety by his 86-year-old neighbour after he accidentally started a house fire.
The British actor, 76, wrote a piece for Idler magazine in which he claimed he unwittingly set his kitchen ablaze while relaxing following open-heart surgery in September.
In the tongue-in-cheek essay, the TV personality wrote that he initially tried to smother the flames with a hand towel but this only made things worse. “As flames licked up towards the ceiling, I dialled the emergency services – but the moment we connected, the smoke alarm went off and I couldn’t hear a word they were saying.” “Just caught something about washing my hands which made me realise that, without my glasses on, I’d
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