Firefighters battling a blaze at a Brooklyn warehouse early Thursday discovered themselves attempting to corral two curious pigs who had been on the scene, the FDNY mentioned.
The blaze broke out round 1:20 am. within the rear of a one-story warehouse on Van Dyke Street close to Van Brunt Street in Red Hook, officers mentioned.
Video exhibits one of the firefighters attempting to swoop up a pig, however it grunted earlier than escaping his clutches and going beneath the hearth truck.
Both animals could be seen wandering round on the wet avenue as firefighters and cops saved an eye fixed on them. At one level, each of them grazed in a grassy space surrounding a tree.
Firefighters later realized the pigs had been pets that belonged to residents of a neighboring constructing, and that that they had simply wandered exterior, an FDNY spokesman mentioned.
Three firefighters had been damage within the hearth, and brought to NYU Langone Health—Cobble Hill as nicely as Weill Cornell Medical Center.
A complete of 138 firefighters responded to the scene.
The trigger of the blaze is beneath investigation.
