Firefighters Rescue Tiny Kittens Then Save Them From Euthanasia
May 7, 2013

"West Covina, CA firefighters saved the lives of a pair of two week old kittens twice in one day. First they rescued them from being trapped within a home’s walls. Then they saved them from being put down at the shelter. The firefighters were prepared to care for the babies themselves, but a cat rescue organization offered to take the kittens and eventually find them homes.

West Covina Fire Department Capt. Esteban Rodriguez told the Pasadena Star-News that firefighters got a call around noon on Sunday from a resident who heard what sounded like an animal trapped within the walls of their home.

Responding firefighters used a thermal imaging camera to locate the kittens and got the homeowner’s permission to cut two holes in the wall to make the rescue, and had the babies out an hour later.

“They were tucked in the wall,” the captain said. “They didn’t want to come out.”

When told by animal control officials that the kittens would probably end up being euthanized because of their young age, “We decided to adopt them ourselves for the meantime,” according to Capt. Rodriguez.

When firefighters visited a West covina PetSmart store to buy kitten food they encountered members of the all volunteer rescue organization Cats at the Studios , who were holding a cat adoption event in the parking lot. Cats at the Studios members agreed to provide care for the kittens and then make them available for adoption when they are ready.

The kittens are being called Flame and Cinder in honor of the firefighters who saved their lives twice in one day."
http://www.lifewithcats.tv/2013/05/07/firefighters-rescue-tiny-kittens-then-save-them-from-euthanasia/