A fire breaks out at “The Jungle Box,” a children’s mini zoo on the Watermill Industrial Estate in Buntingford, Hertfordshire, and results in the deaths of the animals kept there, according to reports. Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service is called to the site at about 3:20am on Wednesday. The outlets state that animals including meerkats and giant tortoises are among those that die in the fire. The reports focus on the incident location, the early-morning time of the call, and the scale of animal losses. They do not provide additional details on the cause of the blaze, the extent of the damage to the facility, or whether any staff are injured. Further investigation by fire officials is not described in the provided text. Overall, the accounts agree on the time, place, responding fire service, and that multiple types of animals at the mini zoo die as a result of the fire.