Firefighters battling a blaze at a Brooklyn warehouse early Thursday found themselves trying to corral two curious pigs who were on the scene, the FDNY said.
The blaze broke out around 1:20 am. in the rear of a one-story warehouse on Van Dyke Street near Van Brunt Street in Red Hook, officials said.
Video shows one of the firefighters trying to swoop up a pig, but it grunted before escaping his clutches and going under the fire truck.
The pigs wander around on the rainy street as firefighters and cops kept an eye on them. Seth Gottfried
At some point, the two pigs were removed from the building. Seth Gottfried
At one point a firefighters tried to swoop up a pig, but it grunted before escaping his clutches. Seth GottfriedBoth animals can be seen wandering around on the rainy street as firefighters and cops kept an eye on them. At one point, both of them grazed in a grassy area surrounding a tree.
Firefighters later learned the pigs were pets that belonged to residents of a neighboring building, and that they had just wandered outside, an FDNY spokesman said.
Three firefighters were hurt in the fire, and taken to NYU Langone Health—Cobble Hill as well as Weill Cornell Medical Center.
Two pigs escaped unscathed from a Brooklyn warehouse fire. Seth Gottfried
The blaze broke out in the rear of a one-story warehouse on Van Dyke Street. Seth Gottfried
The FDNY had no information as to why the pigs were there in the first place. Seth GottfriedA total of 138 firefighters responded to the scene.
The cause of the blaze is under investigation.
