The question as to what caused a fire near the Erie Zoo still remains unanswered this evening.
As fire inspectors are working to figure out what initiated the flames, zoo workers are having community members rally behind them to help pick up what was lost.
“It almost looked like a fog had rolled in, then more smoke tried to billow out,” said Scott Mitchell, CEO, Erie Zoo.
A fire that broke out underneath West 38th St. inside a tunnel damaged booths for Erie’s Zoo Boo and wagons for the Zoo Parade.
Instead of looking at this as a set back, the zoo says they are seeing this as a way to get creative.
“We look at it as an opportunity. We’ll reconsider, maybe, how we do Zoo Boo and maybe do it differently or better. So, we have already talked as a staff about that and we are going to put some ideas together and see what comes up,” said Mitchell.