Chester Zoo fire: how animals were saved with personal bonds, comfort blankets and bananas

Keepers ‘overwhelmed’ as fundraising campaign tops £120,000 following blaze in Monsoon Forest zone

Chester Zoo fire
The cause of the fire at Chester Zoo is not yet known
(Image credit: Twitter)

Six orangutans, four gibbons and 18 macaque monkeys survived a huge blaze at Chester Zoo this weekend after their keepers used comfort blankets and bananas to calm and lead them to safety.

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