CONOVER, N.C. — Firefighters in Catawba County rescued three goats from a burning home north of Conover early Thursday morning.
When firefighters arrived at the house on Pear Drive just after sunrise, heavy smoke was coming from the garage.
Inside, they found three goats, including a baby, and got them to safety.
Channel 9 spoke with one of the firefighters who helped rescue the goats.
"That's a first,” said Conover firefighter MacKenzie Townsend “When I opened the door I grabbed it and took it out and my partner got on the hose and we went a little bit further in to try to put out the fire and found another one."
Breaking Conover- firefighters rescued three goats from a home this morning after it caught fire. pic.twitter.com/rcN9IzWjoR
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A smoke detector alerted the family, who was asleep at the time.
Firefighters are looking at whether the goats accidentally knocked something over onto a battery which may have started the fire.
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