Scene at the zoo
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Jason Jacobs, a spokesman for the L.A. Zoo, said officials closed the zoo about 2:40 p.m., evacuating all visitors and sending nonessential personnel home for the day. He didn’t know how many guests were there at the time.
However, zookeepers, grounds and maintenance crews and public safety officers, as well as the zoo director, remain on the scene to keep watch over the animals and the premises.
‘So far the animals are faring fine,’ Jacobs said. ‘I haven’t heard any reports of anything going wrong.’
He said the fire was ‘close.’ He said the fire could be seen from the zoo in the hills above the grounds.
-Amanda Covarrubias
