FIREFIGHTERS made an unusual rescue in Sudbury yesterday when nearly 50 tortoises were evacuated from a smoke filled cellar.
FIREFIGHTERS made an unusual rescue in Sudbury yesterday when nearly 50 tortoises were evacuated from a smoke filled cellar.
Two fire crews were called to a house Newton Road, at 3.14pm, where a fire had been caused by smouldering newspapers and cardboard.
All the reptiles were accounted for and two human males were treated for smoke inhalation.
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