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Kitten rescue goes viral
Turlock Fire reaps praise for saving four felines from burning wood pile
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Firefighter Dale Medlen rescues a kitten from a fire outside of a home on West Main Street. Medlen and his crew rescued four kittens from the charred wood pile and reunited them with their mother. - photo by Photo Contributed
Turlock Firefighters are causing “ahs” to be uttered around the country as a video of them rescuing four kittens from a burning wood pile spreads across the social media landscape. The video comes from the helmet camera worn by Firefighter Dale Medlen and since it was posted on Facebook Monday evening it has been viewed more than 6,500 times and picked up by media around the country, including the Miami Herald, the Washington Post,\ and the television show “Inside Edition.” The firefighters were responding to a fire outside a home on West Main Street that was reported early Monday morning.