<i>Stranded cats rescued </i>
The cat rescued from a high-rise in the city's New Eskaton yesterday. Photo: Courtesy
Firefighters rescued two cats stuck on two high rises in the city's New Eskaton and Mohakhali DOHS area in the last two days. The Eskaton cat was stuck on a ledge between the 8th and 9th floors on the outer surface of the 16-storied building, Queen's Garden Homes, informed the feline's owner Kashfia Tabassum. It might have slipped out through a ventilator on the 9th floor around 10:00pm on Friday, she said, adding that they called firefighters after failing in every possible way to reach it. Two firefighters slid down ropes stuck to a ladder set horizontally on the roof between two units of the building to get to the cat, said Officer-in-Charge of Fire Service Directorate's central control room, Kazi Nazmuzzaman. They then threw a sack over the cat to grab hold of it and brought it down around 2:30pm yesterday, he added. The DOHS cat, thought to be a stray, was stuck on a 4th floor sun-shade of former Navy chief (retd) Rear Admiral Abu Taher's flat on a six-storied building since Wednesday, said adjoining flat residents. Firefighters used a fire engine ladder to reach the cat and grabbed hold of it using heavy duty gloves on Friday morning, said Nazmuzzaman. The cat was fed and handed over to a local man who was asked to search for its owner, he added.
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