Look out for that shear drop: Sheep saved from roof
FIREFIGHTERS might be dab hands at rescuing cats stuck in trees – but five sheep on a roof requires a little more creativity.
One fire station received a rather unusual call-out on Tuesday evening, after sheep grazing in a field behind a row of terraced cottages leapt over a 5ft gap and on to the tiled roof.
Arriving in Newmillerdam, near Wakefield, West Yorkshire – where the sheep had been stuck for several hours before the fire service was alerted – station commander Damian Cameron found one of the animals precariously close to a 25ft drop to the ground.
Without his crew and fully equipped fire engine, Cameron – with the help of a local landowner – got to work building a makeshift bridge out of timber for the sheep to cross back into the field.
he said: ‘The idea was to entice the sheep across... I have had some strange [calls] involving animals before, including a cow on a balcony, but I have never had sheep on a roof before.’