{"id":1678,"date":"2024-03-25T14:15:49","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T21:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/?p=1678"},"modified":"2025-07-09T19:08:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T02:08:51","slug":"firefighter-adopts-cat-who-wandered-onto-crash-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/firefighter-adopts-cat-who-wandered-onto-crash-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefighter Adopts Cat Who Wandered Onto Crash Scene"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>March 25, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fcebaa31fd4e4f21fde25326e613de59\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com\/article\/life\/pets\/firefighter-adopts-cat-after-crash\/73-3b3b96f4-6eea-409c-ad13-00132e9a77ab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">KUSA\/9News in Colorado<\/a>: A heartwarming story unfolds after a feline firestorm (almost!) joined the response to a March 7 hazmat situation on Interstate 25 near Castle Rock, CO. A friendly orange tabby wandered onto the scene, capturing the hearts of firefighters and even attempting to commandeer a fire truck!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The crash, involving a semi-truck and resulting in lane closures for diesel fuel cleanup, left three people injured. But amidst the chaos, a furry friend emerged. This brave (or perhaps curious) cat quickly charmed the South Metro Fire Rescue crew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-attachment-id=\"1680\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/firefighter-adopts-cat-who-wandered-onto-crash-scene\/south-metro-fire-rescue-cat-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/south-metro-fire-rescue-cat-2.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1067\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"south-metro-fire-rescue-cat-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/south-metro-fire-rescue-cat-2-1024x683.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/south-metro-fire-rescue-cat-2-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/south-metro-fire-rescue-cat-2-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/south-metro-fire-rescue-cat-2-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/south-metro-fire-rescue-cat-2-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/south-metro-fire-rescue-cat-2-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/south-metro-fire-rescue-cat-2.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Eventually, the cat was crated and taken to the local rescue shelter. His journey didn&#8217;t end there, though. In an update last week, South Metro Fire said the cat, now named &#8220;Hazi,&#8221; was adopted by one of the firefighters he met that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the happy ending we always want for these rescue stories!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fire department shared the good news along with photos:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/SouthMetroPIO\/status\/1770868710913266142?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1770868710913266142%7Ctwgr%5E2c4c38310afd3fed498fcd49039d33eac2f0b6f9%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.9news.com%2Farticle%2Flife%2Fpets%2Ffirefighter-adopts-cat-after-crash%2F73-3b3b96f4-6eea-409c-ad13-00132e9a77ab\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>News video below \u2193<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-2571651847880215\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- banner ad -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2571651847880215\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"7178535257\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cat that showed up at a crash scene adopted by firefighter\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yCJ00hg2Jj4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 25, 2024 From KUSA\/9News in Colorado: A heartwarming story unfolds after a feline firestorm (almost!) joined the response to a March 7 hazmat situation on Interstate 25 near Castle&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1679,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[104,33,34,32],"tags":[54,36],"class_list":["post-1678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-animal-heroes","category-animal-news","category-animal-tales","category-animal-videos","tag-animal-rescues","tag-cats"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/south-metro-fire-rescue-cat-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1678"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2903,"href":"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1678\/revisions\/2903"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}