OVER 200 exotic zoo animals have died in a horror blaze at an abandoned amusement park in Crimea.
A terrifying fire ripped through the five-story zoo in Yevpatoria as crocodiles, snakes, meerkats, monkeys and many rare birds were all among those tragically killed.
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The fire started at about 3am local time and was only fully put out at 7am.
The destruction covered an area of 600sqm causing firefighters to struggle to rescue any animals.
A representative of the emergency services said: More than 200 zoo inhabitants died. The bears, whose enclosure was on the first floor, and several other animals were rescued.”
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