SCHILLERSTRASSE, Germany — A team of volunteer firefighters were called to the scene of an unusual emergency in a German town last Sunday after a fat rat was found wedged halfway through a manhole cover.
The team got to work on the rotund rodent, freeing the distressed animal in a matter of minutes after wedging the manhole cover upright to push it through the hole.
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In bodycam footage of the rescue, the rat can be seen scampering to freedom down the drain.
The rat appeared to be uninjured, though slightly embarrassed.
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