.(* )This cat rode in a Vernon fire engine the other day after teams reacted to an automobile event.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/Alan Hofsink
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. . November 28, 2022 -1:33 PM
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. The noise of meowing suggested that Vernon firemens had actually gotten a hitchhiker while reacting to an automobile mishap the other day afternoon.
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. Vernon firemens were on scene for approximately 2 hours, Nov. 27, after they reacted at 2 p.m. to a three-vehicle automobile mishap at the crossway of Highway 97 and Bernie Roadway, stated deputy fire chief Alan Hofsink, with Vernon Fire Rescue Solutions.
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. Nobody was hurt or sent out to the health center however throughout that time a cat crawled into the engine department of the fire truck and rode back to the fire hall unbeknownst to firemens.
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.” It’s sort of an unusual story so we’re sort of searching for the owner of a cat,” he stated.
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. It wasn’t up until firemens heard meowing that they looked out to the cat in the engine department.
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.” They housed the cat for the night at fire hall station 2 and dropped it off at the Creekside Animal Center in the early morning, he stated. The fire team kept it over night at the hall as neither the SPCA or veterinarian were open at the time.
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.” I believe it’s a kitten, a couple months old and it’s got an ideal white front paw,” he stated. “It seems in healthy condition, simply scared from taking a trip in a fire truck.”
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. In the more than twenty years Hofsink has actually been a firemen, this is the very first time he’s ever become aware of a cat or animal hitchhiking a trip in a fire engine.
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. The owners can call Creekside Animal Center at 250-549-3533. .
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