Deer are seen at the Mogo Zoo in the village of Mogo, Australia, January 8, 2020. The sky turned red and Mogo was in darkness by noon, Staples said. ?A local fire service official stopped by at the zoo and told them no one would be able to come rescue them.“They were busting a gut to save everyone else,” said Staples, who described conditions as “apocalyptic”.“I’ve never felt heat like that or seen fires that look like that and I never want to see that again.”After the fires, the zoo arranged police escorts to get trucks through roadblocks to make urgent deliveries of hay, vegetables and water to keep the animals alive, he said.The zoo animals were among the lucky ones. I felt relief and disbelief seeing it was still here,” she said.Thousands of people have already been left homeless by the fires that have scorched through more than 10.3 million hectares (25.5 million acres) of land - an area the size of South Korea.Staples said the zoo was saved because of the staff’s good preparation. A big worry, he said, was losing power for electric fences around the enclosures.“The last thing you want if you’re a firefighter is a lion on the loose,” he said.

Source: Egypt Today January 08, 2020 06:45 UTC