Police forced their way into a burning zoo enclosure to rescue animals from a huge blaze at ZooWorld

19 Jan 2026 • 11:34 PM MYT
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Police officers kicked their way into an enclosure to rescue animals after fire ripped through a zoo in Florida.

Bodycam footage shared by the Bay County Sheriff’s Office shows officers responding to a blaze at ZooWorld in Florida on Thursday (15 January), as they try to make their way into a burning structure that housed lemurs.

Despite the efforts of the officers, several lemurs were killed after they succumbed to smoke inhalation as a result of the electrical fire.

“We are absolutely devastated by this disaster. We loved our lemurs and like many of our guest had a pretty special bond with the entire troop,” ZooWorld said in a statement.