Rookie Burton firefighter makes first feline rescue
Jan 17, 2025
BURTON, S.C. (WSAV) - A Burton Fire District (BFD) rookie firefighter made his first rescue on Friday, right out of a cartoon.
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According to BFD, Burton firefighters responded to a residence on Hampton Drive in Grays Hill just past 9:30 a.m., for a report of a kitten stuck in a tree. The crew arrived on scene and located the female kitten, named Zara, who had been out all night, and was now approximately 25 feet in a tree and refusing to come down.
Burton Fire District probationary firefighter Marek Malinowski grabbed a ladder and madethe climb, reaching Zara and safely returning her to the ground and to her thankful human.As BFD put it: "Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Michael Simmons was quick to remind Firefighter Malinowski that Zara still had eight lives left, 'but I guess we’ll let you have a moment.'”