Fire at Dallas pet shop kills more than 500 animals

Animals, mostly birds, die of smoke inhalation in incident at shopping centre in Texas

More than 500 animals have died after a fire broke out in a shopping centre in Dallas.

The 579 animals, mostly birds, were in a pet shop at Plaza Latina in the north-west of the Texas city.

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