Firefighters rescued Mus, the curious cat, who was stuck in the roof voids of her house in Brunswick Gardens in Ealing.
Station Officer Nathan Beeby said: “The cat had been trapped for around 24 hours and had probably gotten herself stuck after squeezing through a small space on the roof behind the chimney breast.
“We could hear her moving from one void to another and managed to coax her towards an area where an extraction fan was.
“Crews opened up the extractor to expose a small hole and Firefighter Scott Keenan gently pulled her through and safely reunited her with her owners.”
The work of a firefighter is varied and involves all sorts of different incidents, and they are ready, willing and able to assist distressed or injured animals.
The last thing firefighters want is for people to put themselves at risk rescuing an animal themselves – but the Brigade does encourage people to call the RSPCA in the first instance and they will assist if specialist equipment is required, as it was in this case.
The Brigade was called at 1845 and the incident was over for firefighters by 1958. One fire engine from Park Royal Fire Station attended the scene.