A hearth that broke out at a Dallas mall Friday morning killed greater than 500 animals, most of them small birds, authorities mentioned.
The 579 animals in the Plaza Latina pet store in northwest Dallas died of smoke inhalation, Dallas Fireplace Division spokesman Jason Evans mentioned in a press release.
The flames from the fireplace by no means reached the animals.
Chickens, hamsters, two canine and two cats additionally died, Evans mentioned.
The 2-alarm fireplace took about two hours and about 45 firefighters to extinguish by about 11 a.m., Evans mentioned.
“Whereas DFR personnel performed a search and rescue try, all the animals within the retailer sadly died resulting from smoke inhalation,” Evans mentioned.
Nobody was injured within the fireplace. The construction of the massive, one-story procuring heart was severely broken, together with {a partially} collapsed roof, Evans mentioned.
The mall options quite a few small companies and is described on its Fb web page as “a spot the place individuals can go to eat and purchase every kind of Latin items and companies.”
A publish on the web page in Spanish requested for prayers for the households who work there.
The reason for the fireplace was not instantly decided and is underneath investigation, Evans mentioned.
