Firefighters are always there to help those in need in their community, whether human or animal. We’ve seen many stories of firefighters doing their best to help pets out of some pretty sticky situations.
For one crew who recently braved a 30-foot crawl through a storm drain to help a trapped kitten get to safety.
According to a post from Orange County ESD 1 in Vidor, Texas, staff members at a local Walmart heard the cries of a kitten coming from a nearby storm drain.
Firefighters responded, arrived on the scene, and were quickly able to locate the cat in the drain. However, reaching her was not an easy task.
“Fire crews had to climb down through a manhole into the storm drain, then crawl 30 ft into the drain to retrieve the kitten,” the department wrote on Facebook.
Crawling through such a tight space is never a fun task, and firefighters were reportedly working during a heat wave. But thankfully, they successfully retrieved the kitten.
This was an unusual case for the department, but they were happy to help: “Contrary to popular belief, it’s not every day we get to help out a kitten in a tight situation,” the department wrote, adding that they don’t often have to “save cats out of trees” either.
The cat was apparently a stray – one person involved commented on the post with a photo of the cat, saying that she was “cleaned up, fed, and ready for a new home.”
Thank you to these firefighters for saving this cat! Please share this story to thank them for their good deed ❤️😸