All the animals died in the fire in the monkey house of the Krefeld Zoo. "Our worst fears have become a reality," wrote the zoo on Wednesday in the online service Facebook. There are no surviving animals. The zoo wrote of an "incredible tragedy" and added that the staff were in shock. The ape house was burned to the ground.
The cause of the fire was still completely unclear. Orangutans, gorillas and chimpanzees lived in the monkey house. The city of Krefeld and the zoo want to hold a press conference on the fire on Wednesday.
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