OSLO, Norway — The two occupants of the apartment came out on their own, but the little rabbit had to be rescued from the fire department. In an ambulance got the O2 treatment, and revived. —Photo: Courtesy of Oslo Fire and Rescue

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Columbus, OH — “Relieved.”

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Firefighter J.P. Rupp with the cubs, his wife Shakti O’Melveny-Rupp, and his son Jonathan Rupp, 9.

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Writes the poster of the video:

This is my personal video I recorded of a fire which destroyed the historic Towers Hotel in Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada. Amazingly, seconds after the building collapsed a small, black and white cat ran out of the rubble unharmed, surviving what could have been a CATastrophic ending.

Toward the end of the video, a firefighter walks over the check on the cat!

AABENRAA, DENMARK — “The firefighters came out in force this afternoon when a fire broke out in an apartment on the corner of Forstallé and Dronning Margrethesvej in Aabenraa. Two men, who were in the apartment, had pretty much extinguished the fire, which had started on the stove. The two had to go to the hospital for observation, because of possible smoke poisoning. The fire had spread to the hood of the stove, but the firefighters quickly got it extinguished. Due to the heavy smoke, several cats had to be helped out by the firefighters.” —Photo: Søren Gylling

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FORT WORTH, TX — In this photo provided by the Fort Worth Fire Department, Fort Worth firefighter Craig Tipton carries a pet frog following a rescue from a house fire in a Westworth Village, Texas home, Tuesday night, Sept. 23, 2014. —Photo: AP Photo/Fort Worth Fire Department, Glen E. Ellman

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Tom and Shaun are certified arborists with a conservation company dedicated to caring for urban trees, Canopy Conservation.

They also have a sideline: Canopy Cat Rescue!

Don’t live anywhere near them, or really just want to more cats in trees? This photo is from the Canopy Cat Rescue Facebook page, where they regularly post photos of their rescues — give them a visit!

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LACEY, WA — …No one was home at the time, and firefighters were able to extinguish the fire quickly and search the home for pets. Firefighters found a family of hamsters — two adults and several babies. The adult hamsters recovered quickly with the help of oxygen, but one of the babies died, Hulfe said.

“I think this was officially my first hamster,” Hulfe said. —Photo from the Lacey Fire Department

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Edmonton, ON— Firefighters were called to fetch a snowy owl left tangled and teetering on thin ice near open water Tuesday after attempts to capture the bird went awry. Rescuers from the Strathcona Raptor Shelter were trying to snag the injured owl with a net when it took off, dragging the net and poles behind. The poles fell into open water, and the owl was stranded. Fears of thin ice kept the rescuers from running out to help. Fire crews arrived quickly, donned survival suits and pulled a zodiac across the ice. They grabbed the bird by the talons and carried it to shore inside the net. “I didn’t want to take the chance, but you can’t just leave her and walk away,” said Hardy Pletz, a hobbyist licensed to trap birds of prey. “Never had the fire department out before….” (April 8, 2009) —Photo: Supplied, Edmonton Journal

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JILL FREEDMAN
Fireman Saves Cat
1975
gelatin silver print
14 x 11 inches
vintage
signed in pencil on verso

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Pontycymer, South Wales—Homeowner Claire Walters, 38, photographed the drama as it unfolded on the roof of her house on Saturday afternoon.

…[A spokesman for Bridgend Fire and Rescue Service said] ‘It was certainly an interesting call-out, it’s not where you’d expect to find a sheep, really quite funny,’ he added. ‘It brightened up our weekend, that’s for sure.’—Photo: SWNS

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