Blaze animals end up on barbie

fire station’s website gave a glowing review of the sausages.

It read: “Exactly six months and one day since firefighters Olsen and Richardson rescued 18 piglets from a fire in Milton, we got to sample the fruits of our labours from that February night.

“Huge thank you to Rachel Rivers for dropping them off for us to sample. Highly recommended by

Pewsey fire station crew and if any one of our followers is having a bank holiday BBQ this weekend then check out these sausages, they are fantastic.” However, the rescue to barbecue tale has not gone down well with everyone on social media – sparking a row.

Farrell Monaco posted: “What a dreadful story. Lovely that they saved the pigs but why publish their demise? Grim.”

Pearl-lucia Sayer added: “Jesus, could she not just say thanks.

“What’s wrong with a box of Roses? What a horrible story to start the day.” And Tilly Vacher wrote: “They were farm animals, ‘saved’ from a fire for the farmer’s sake not from their inevitable death.

“They only existed in the first place to be turned into sausages.”

But Drew Capener defended the fire crew. He posted: “What did you think was going to happen to the pigs?

“Did you think they’d be spared the slaughterhouse and made honorary fire service mascots?”

Joshua Belt added: “Why is it a horrible story? They would have ended up on someone’s plate either way. I think it’s brilliant way to say thanks.”

The fire station posted yesterday: “In regard to a recent post on this page.

‘’We recognise this has caused offence to some. We apologise for this and as such have removed the post.’’