YANKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA, FIREFIGHTERS WERE FACED WITH A FOWL CHALLENGE on Sunday.

They were called to a house after a boy saw a young duck fall into a neighbor’s chimney.  Removing the plucky ducky proved to be no easy task, though.  The chimney had two elbows in it and the FF’s had to dismantle it before they could grab the quacker and clear the passage.

Assistant Fire Chief Larry Nickles admits the operation was a bit humorous, but said it could have led to a real problem for the home’s occupants.

“If the chimney had gone straight down to the furnace, there could have been a fire,” he said. “And if no one had seen the duck fall in and it wasn’t discovered right away, it could have caused carbon monoxide to build up in the house.” 

The Yankton Press & Dakotan has the STORY.
Yankton Fire Dept. WEBSITE.

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