London  - Firefighters were called to disentangle a 3.65-metre albino Burmese python trapped in the car bodywork of a British pet snake lover, it was reported Wednesday.

Danny Palmer took his pet snakes - Jack, the python, and Molly, a 1.2-metre boa constrictor - for an outing on the grass in a public park in Southampton, southern Britain, the Daily Southern Echo newspaper reported.

But before Palmer was able to get out of his Ford Fiesta, Jack had slithered through a small gap in the boot next to the car's rear lights.

"About 60 centimetres of the snake had disappeared into the car's bodywork and the rest was in the boot. It looked like there was no way we would be able to get him out," said Jim Green, animal rescue specialist at the local Fire and Rescue Service.

"It's not something we come across very often, that's for sure," said Green. (dpa)