Trapped cat rescued by firefighters from Bangladesh Secretariat

A cat has been rescued after four days from the cornice of Sonali Bank building at the Secretariat in the capital on Wednesday. Trapped on the fourth floor cornice of the building, the starving cat had made several desperate attempts to get down but failed. Seeing the cat's efforts, staff members at the Secretariat tried to rescue the cat but they too failed. Later, they called the fire service for help on Wednesday evening. An eight-member team of Secretariat fire service station arrived at the scene and with the help of staff members at the Secretariat, they rescued the cat unhurt around 5:30pm. The cat, however, ran away into the bushes behind the building after being rescued.

Firefighters rescue the trapped cat from the fourth floor cornice of Sonali Bank building at the Secretariat Photo: SM Abbas/Bangla Tribune

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Secretariat fire service station in-charge Potiram said: "Though the cat could not eat for four days, it was in good health. It managed to escape as soon as we rescued it." Zakir Hossain, a witness of the incident, said: "The starving cat was trapped on the cornice for four days and was trying to get down desperately. Responding to the cat's desperate calls, the employees here [the Secretariat] also tried to rescue it but failed, so they called they fire service." Last year in March, another cat was trapped on a tree at the Secretariat premises which was rescued by fire service officials. This article was first published on Bangla Tribune.