A fire destroys the animal area at “The Jungle Box,” a children’s soft play centre in Buntingford, Hertfordshire. Multiple outlets report that the blaze kills nearly all of the animals kept on site, including meerkats, owls, iguanas, snakes and genets. The reports also say that only one tortoise survives the fire.
The outlets further state that the children’s zoo did not have a licence, with this point emerging alongside accounts of the incident and its aftermath. Details about the cause of the fire are not included in the provided summaries. The reporting focuses on the extent of the destruction to the zoo component of the facility and the significant loss of animal life.
Local authorities and enforcement outcomes are not detailed in the supplied text, and no information is provided here about injuries to people or any ongoing investigations.
