Only a small percentage of the hundreds of animals at Aqua-Rama Pet Center in Fayetteville survived a fire Sunday night, the owner s granddaughter said.
All that remains of the family-owned pet store that s called Fayetteville home for the past half-century are three snakes, a rabbit, a few turtles, some freshwater fish and a scarlet macaw that s struggling to survive after a large fire ripped through the store Sunday evening.
Shayanne Orme, whose grandfather, Joe Spano, has owned the store at 4937 Bragg Blvd. for more than 40 years, said that s only around 3% of the hundreds of animals that were in the store. Most died in the fire.