Firefighters in Colorado have some new additions to the crew after they rescued four ducklings earlier this week. Poudre Fire Authority crews were dispatched to the ducklings stuck in a storm drain near the intersection of Lemay Avenue and North College Avenue in Fort Collins early Wednesday morning.
A City of Fort Collins employee was there and showed firefighters the ducklings that were trapped in a drain about four feet below street level.
A crew member crawled inside and captured the ducklings. The crew waited around, but sadly, the mother duck didn’t return. Firefighters reached out to local shelters and looked into other options but the ducklings had nowhere to go.
That’s when firefighters decided the ducklings would come home with them. The ducklings lived at Fire Station 1 for a short time…