More than 500 animals are dead due to smoke inhalation after a fire broke out at Plaza Latina Bazaar, a Dallas shopping center, on Jan. 3. Fire officials said the fire ‘did not reach the pet shop’ — but a ‘great deal of smoke did enter’ it.

More than 500 pet shop animals were killed in a fire that erupted at a shopping center in Northwest Dallas on Friday morning, officials said. Three individuals who were inside the building during the fire escaped safely without injuries.

Dallas firefighters, accustomed to extinguishing flames, became heroes for the smallest of victims, performing CPR on a tortoise and reviving a near-death puppy.

A fire broke out at an exotic pet store in the Latina Bazaar Shopping Center, also known as Plaza Latina, in Dallas. Firefighters heroically rescued and resuscitated puppies and other animals, creating an emotional scene that brought onlookers to tears.