--- title: Fire at Hollywild Animal Park in South Carolina Kills 28 Animals description: An electrical fire at Hollywild's Animal Park was discovered early Friday canonical: https://time.com/3662494/hollywood-animal-park-zoo-fire-animals/ author: Sam Frizell article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-09T23:12:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T03:27:32.730Z article:section: Science og:title: Fire at South Carolina Zoo Kills 28 Animals og:description: “This is very devastating," a zoo official said og:url: https://time.com/3662494/hollywood-animal-park-zoo-fire-animals/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Fire at South Carolina Zoo Kills 28 Animals twitter:description: “This is very devastating," a zoo official said twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Fire at South Carolina Zoo Kills 28 Animals > Sponsored content. 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A staff member at the park found smoke in the barn as he arrived for work a little before 8:30 a.m. on Friday, [according to a Facebook post from the park](https://www.facebook.com/HollywildAnimalPark/posts/10152722749553732). Twenty-eight animals died due to smoke inhalation, and 14 other animals in the building survived and are being treated. “This is very devastating to me and the entire Hollywild family,” said Dr. Beverly Hargus, Hollywild’s veterinarian. “At this point, we do not feel any animals are suffering. None were burned. The survivors are recovering from smoke inhalation. It appears it was a quick and painless death for the animals that died.” Local fire officials said the fire was caused by an electrical short in a light fixture that traveled into the ceiling and spread, causing the building to fill with smoke. 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