An try to retrieve a goat, stranded on the backside of a bridge arch, led to an emergency call-out to rescue its rescuer.
Three fireplace crews and police had been despatched to Longtown Bridge in Carlisle, Cumbria, after experiences somebody had gone into the water whereas making an attempt to succeed in the animal.
They’d managed to extricate themselves however, to “stop a repeat incident”, water skilled fireplace officers had been despatched to retrieve the animal, Longtown Hearth Station stated in a publish on Fb.
Rescuers pushed the goat onto the financial institution the place it was re-captured up river, in what the hearth service described as a “passable conclusion”.
Crews from Longtown, Carlisle West and Carlisle East fireplace stations had been known as out to the rescue, together with Cumbria Police and North West Ambulance Service.
In its publish, Longtown Hearth Station stated: “All in all a passable conclusion however, please, by no means try a rescue your self.
“Name out the emergency companies who’re each skilled and geared up for conditions like this.”
Comply with BBC Cumbria on X, Fb, Nextdoor and Instagram.
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