Wallabies escape fire at Dudley Zoo enclosure
A fire broke out in the wallaby house at Dudley Zoo this lunchtime - but all seven of the Parma wallabies escaped unhurt.
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Two workers at the zoo used fire extinguishers when the animals' straw bedding caught fire from an electrical heater at 11.45am.
Two crews were called from Dudley fire station - but the fire was already out when they arrived just before 12pm.
Zoo spokesman Jill Hitchman said: "The wallabies all went outside the house when they saw smoke - all of them are fine.
"We are now just left with some charred bedding outside their home."
