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Firefighters are often the first ones to walk into danger when duty calls.
But they respond to more than just five-alarm fires and mangled car wrecks.
On Sunday, Wells firefighters were called to Aubuchon Hardware on Post Road for a leaking 1,000-pound propane tank, according to the union representing the town’s firefighters.
Crews quickly evacuated Aubuchon and its neighbor, Borealis Breads. But the firefighters forgot a crucial detail: Aubuchon’s resident cat, Tiny, was still inside.
Firefighter Sean Connell returned inside to fetch the feline, much to the relief of his fans. Whether he parlays that rescue into a future as a “professional cat wrangler.”
That wasn’t the end of their duty, however. Firefighters learned that Borealis Breads needed to get its dough into the walk-in cooler within minutes or else spoil Monday’s business.
“Some days it’s fire attack and emergency response. Other days it’s rescuing cats and saving bread dough,” the union wrote in a social media post.
