But when smoke from a fire at the Plaza Latina mall reached a pet store there Friday ... Nearly 600 of the animals, most of them birds, had already died. "We found five puppies at waist level ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — Ten small birds died after a fire broke out at Brandon's Exotic Pet Store in western Chesterfield County on Friday morning. Crews were dispatched to the store in the ...

579 animals from the pet store died in the fire, most from smoke inhalation, according to CBS News. "Most were small birds, but there were also chickens, hamsters, two dogs and two cats," said ...

The animals who died had been housed in an exotic pet store. "Most were small birds, but there were also chickens, hamsters, two dogs and two cats," said Robert Borse, a spokesman for Dallas Fire ...