At least one alligator and several turtles were pulled from a fire Monday afternoon at Nate’s Reptile Rescue in South Park. Allegheny County Deputy Steve Costello noticed the building at the intersection of Brownsville and McCorkle roads was ablaze just before 4 p.m., according to Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Mike Manko.
Neo didn’t make it. The wayward alligator, only recently recovered in Kiski Township after escaping and apparently living along the Kiski River since last summer, was one of the more than 70 animals confirmed to have died in a fire that swept through Nate’s Reptile Rescue in South Park on
Neo, an alligator that was discovered in Kiski earlier this month, died in a fire that occurred around 4 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 26, according to the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Department.
Nate’s Reptil.