Updated: 9:01 PM EDT May 2, 2021
GADSDEN, Ala. A spokesperson for an Alabama city says about 75 animals died after a fire at a petting zoo.
Birds, reptiles and guinea pigs were among the animals killed in the Sunday morning fire at Noccalula Falls Park in Gadsden.
News outlets report that Gadsden Fire Chief Wil Reed said a passerby reported the fire at 5:45 a.m.
Responding firefighters arrived to find the petting zoo and barn fully engulfed in flames.
The city said the cause of the fire is unknown. No people were reported injured.
A full investigation will be conducted by the Gadsden Fire Department and the fire marshal.
Updated: 8:01 PM CDT May 2, 2021
GADSDEN, Ala. A spokesperson for an Alabama city says about 75 animals died after a fire at a petting zoo.
Birds, reptiles and guinea pigs were among the animals killed in the Sunday morning fire at Noccalula Falls Park in Gadsden.
News outlets report that Gadsden Fire Chief Wil Reed said a passerby reported the fire at 5:45 a.m.
Responding firefighters arrived to find the petting zoo and barn fully engulfed in flames.
The city said the cause of the fire is unknown. No people were reported injured.
A full investigation will be conducted by the Gadsden Fire Department and the fire marshal.
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Cause sought in fire that killed Alabama petting zoo animals
May 3, 2021 GMT
GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) Investigators continue to seek the cause of a fire that destroyed an Alabama petting zoo barn and killed roughly 75 animals.
Park Supervisor Christina Richardson tells The Gadsden Times that Noccalula Falls Park remained closed Monday, partly because of stormy weather, but will reopen by the end of the week.
The Sunday blaze killed birds, turtles, a tortoise, a lemur, baby alligators, snakes, guinea pigs and others housed in the Gadsden city park barn. Animals that lived outside weren’t harmed.
Fire Marshal Jason Talton said determining a cause will be difficult because so much of the structure burned away, but said investigators have seen nothing suspicious so far.
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