A king cobra caused a panic after slithering into an office while the staff were working on the night shift.<br /><br />The employees were preparing to leave in the early hours of the morning when the 13ft long reptile appeared in the room in Chiang Rai, northern Thailand on August 5.<br /><br />Animal catchers received an emergency call and rushed to the building as the staff fled from the deadly reptile - which can kill with a single bite.<br /><br />The snake was lured into the open with a flashlight while one of the rescuers waited for it to go near the catching rod.<br /><br />However, the fiery snake was trying to escape by darting through a door in the office building.<br /><br />One of the rescuers said: "The snake was quite big, I think it might be a wild animal that wandered into the city."<br /><br />The serpent was caught after a 30 minute struggle and put inside a sack to be released in the jungle later.
