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"... zoo fire kills more than 30 animals, may have been sparked by New Year's Eve 'sky lanterns'

"Every animal inside an ape house at a zoo in Germany died after a fire erupted in the early hours of New Year's Day in a blaze that may have been caused by sky lanterns launched to celebrate the holiday, according to officials.

Krefeld Zoo, located near the Dutch border, said on Facebook that its "worst fears have become reality" after the overnight blaze, which killed over 30 animals in total, including five orangutans, two gorillas, a chimpanzee, and several monkeys, as well as fruit bats and birds.

"An unfathomable tragedy hit us shortly after midnight," the zoo said. "Our ape building burned down to the foundation."

"Several witnesses reported that they had seen the cylindrical paper lanterns with little fires inside flying in the night sky shortly after midnight Wednesday near the Krefeld zoo, Gerd Hoppmann, the city's head of criminal police told reporters."

"“People reported seeing those sky lanterns flying at low altitude near the zoo and then it started burning,” Hoppmann said."

"Criminal police officer Hoppmann said that the use of sky lanterns is illegal in Krefeld and most other parts of Germany and asked that whoever launched them or people who witnessed anything to come forward to authorities."

https://www.foxnews.com/world/germany-zoo-fire-monkey-sanctuary-krefeld-ape-house-deaths