Germany: Police Investigate Three Women After Devastating Zoo Fire

Germany: Police Investigate Three Women After Devastating Zoo Fire
A woman lights a candle at the main entrance of the zoo in Krefeld, Germany on Jan. 2, 2020. Marcel Kusch/dpa via AP
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Three women are being investigated in Germany for causing a deadly fire that killed dozens of animals at a zoo in Germany. The women launched paper sky lanterns to mark the New Year, and its believed they floated into the zoo, setting an ape house alight.

Three suspects, a 60-year-old woman and her two daughters are being investigated in the city of Krefeld in West Germany for their alleged role in igniting a fire that killed more than 30 animals in a zoo, the criminal police chief, Gerd Hoppmann, said, AP reports.