Zoo blaze caused by 'New Year gesture gone wrong'People mourn outside the zoo of Krefeld after a monkey house burned down and dozens of animals were killed by the fire in Krefeld, Germany, om Thursday. "And I was struck by how like humans the bodies of the great apes looked when transformed by the fire." The women had inscribed the lanterns, papier mache balloons lifted by the heat of the flame inside, with good wishes for the new year. Four had been found in the vicinity, while the fifth had been consumed in the zoo blaze. "The pain is unbelievable," Wolfgang Dressen, director of the zoo, told public broadcaster WDR.

Source: Bangkok Post January 03, 2020 05:26 UTC