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A Wisconsin police department posted a video on its Facebook page featuring bodycam footage of an unusual rescue operation.
Sturgeon Police Department Officer Andrew Crabb told Fox News Digital that he was nearing the end of his night shift on the morning of June 25 when he realized smoke from a nearby ranch wasn’t just haze from Canadian wildfires.
Police shared in their social media post that just before 6 a.m., Crabb saw “black smoke billowing from a barn.”
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Crabb rushed into the barn, where three cows were trapped behind a locked gate in the blaze.
Crabb told Fox News Digital, “Once I realized what was going on in that barn, I realized that the fence wasn’t coming down and those cows weren’t going to make it.”
A screengrab of Officer Andrew Crabb’s bodycam footage from the morning of June 25 shows a cow stranded during a barn fire. (Sturgeon Bay Police Station)
“So I ran in and grabbed the gate and then took them out. And I didn’t really have to encourage them too much. They knew exactly what to do once that gate was open.”
Sturgeon Bay Police Department added in their Facebook post, “Luckily everyone was safe!”
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According to Crabb, the three cows kept in the barn overnight were considered “prone to escape” and “quickly got ready” for the rest of the herd in the pasture after being rescued.
The officer also added that he is “absolutely impressed” by the area’s all-volunteer fire department, which was able to save “most of the building” from the flames.
A screengrab of Officer Andrew Crabb’s bodycam footage from the morning of June 25 shows a cow stranded during a barn fire. (Sturgeon Bay Police Station)
Jaci Bear, an 911 dispatcher and the daughter of the farm owner, responded to the Sturgeon Bay Police Department’s Facebook post: “Thank you Officer Crabb, not only for seeing the fire and reporting it, but for rescuing of the 3 new cattle my father housed.”
“It could have been a lot worse and I’m thankful for the wonderful men and women who showed up and saved what they could.”
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The farm owner did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Jasmine is a production assistant at Fox News Digital and a military husband in New Orleans. Stories can be sent to jasmine.baehr@fox.com
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