1010 hours. Centereach FD is dispatched to a report of a fire in a commercial structure at 2350 Middle Country Road. Units arrive to find an active fire within a pet store in a strip mall. Mutual aid was immediately requested from Selden for two engines, Stony Brook for an engine, Nesconset for a RIT, Ronkonkoma FD to the scene and Coram FD to the scene with a ladder. Farmingville sent an engine to cover. Lines were stretched while crews removed dozens of animals from within the store. A number of animals perished in the fire but many were saved by responders.The fire was placed under control in just over an hour. The Town of Brookhaven Fire Marshals Office is handling the investigation.