Firefighters rescue seven trapped ducklings from a drain
Students in Newcastle raised the alarm on Sunday morning after their mother quacked loudly to alert them.
Firefighters rescued seven ducklings that were trapped down a storm drain after worried students raised the alarm.
The Newcastle-based crew was sent out to Castle Leazes halls of residence in the city on Sunday morning, after the mother duck was heard quacking noisily.
She was joined by concerned onlookers who had seen her circling the drain and flapping her wings, and the students could see through the grate to the trapped ducklings below.
The crew quickly opened up the drain with a crowbar and reached down to free the little ones and reunited them with their mother.
“It’s not every day that you get to save the lives of seven little ducklings on a Sunday morning.”
