A 2-year-old male giraffe was killed in an early morning blaze at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo that also destroyed the giraffe barn, officials said today.Two female giraffes had already escaped the blaze when fire crews arrived at the amusement park around 2:15 a.m. to find the barn engulfed in flames, Fire Department spokesman Bill Tweedy said.
"Fire was coming out of all the doors and the roof was gone," Tweedy said. "They suppressed the fire inside the building ... then discovered the third giraffe inside."
Firefighters found Makonnen, the male giraffe, dead in his stall. Makonnen had been at the park since spring 2006, said Six Flags Discovery Kingdom spokeswoman Nancy Chan.
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