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A cat in Pennsylvania escaped unharmed, with some help, after becoming trapped in a car engine.
The Charleroi Fire Department shared in a Facebook post on Monday, March 10, that they had freed the stuck feline earlier that day.
“This morning, Charleroi Firefighters responded to the 200 block of Meadow Ave. in Charleroi for a cat trapped in the motor of a vehicle,” the post began. “Rescue-33 and Car-1 arrived on the scene and, following partial dismantling of the vehicle, firefighters successfully freed the cat unharmed.”
The fire department shared photos of the rescue. The shots include a picture of the tabby cat wedged in a tight spot under the car’s hood and an image of a rescuer petting the feline after freeing the animal.
Charleroi Fire Department
“Thank you for rescuing this baby!” wrote one Facebook user, while a second added, “You guys go over and beyond the call duty. My hats off to y’all.”
Charleroi Fire Chief Robert Whiten Jr. told the Mon Valley Independent, a local media outlet, that a woman heard the cat meowing from under the car’s hood.
“A woman called and said she heard purring or meowing, and she didn’t know where it was coming from at first, but it sounded like it was coming from the car,” Whiten Jr. said. “So she had someone open the hood and there was a cat stuck inside near where the washing fluid would be. All you could see was a head popping out.”
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“Our guys dismantled the interior fender and one headlight fixture, and there was so much room between the motor and the bumper the cat was a little scared, so it was running back and forth from one side to the other,” Whiten continued.
Charleroi Fire Department
The feline, believed to be a stray, was taken to the Washington Area Humane Society, per the outlet.
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“Getting it off of the street was the biggest thing, you know, because we didn’t want it to crawl back in there or get hurt somewhere else running around. It was frosted up this morning, so it was probably just trying to stay warm,” Whiten added.