Zoo's monkey house completely destroyed after fire breaks out during fireworks

Officials described the fire at Krefeld Zoo as an 'unfathomable tragedy' after huge numbers of animals were lost 😟

A fire at a zoo in western Germany killed a large number of animals in the early hours of the new year, authorities said.

The dpa news agency, quoting officials, said the dead animals included chimpanzees, orangutans and two gorillas, as well as fruit bats and birds.The fire started shortly after midnight while people were celebrating the new year The first reports of the fire came in at 12.38am

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