Heroes from the local fire department, and a selfless willingness to sacrifice the walls of a home for the sake of a pet, saved one lucky cat trapped inside the wall of a building in Padang, Indonesia.

The foolish feline had become stuck in the gap between two walls of a resident's home in the West Sumatra city on Sunday 20 November.

The local fire department arrived, but it was difficult to reach the cat with either their hands or a hook, so they had no option but to try and break the wall down.

Using both a concrete cutting machine and hammers, the team eventually rescued the scared-looking animal, which then calmed down when it was transferred to a member of the family that owns it.

The process took around 30 minutes and thanks to the careful efforts of the fire fighters, the lucky white cat was unhurt.

The head of the Padang City fire team, Sutan Hendra, said that according to the owner's account, "the pet cat escaped from supervision and was playing on the roof when it fell between two walls of the resident's house."

This is the dramatic moment of saving a cat trapped between two walls of a resident's house in the city of Padang, West Sumatra Province, Indonesia, Sunday (20 November 2022) carried out by the Padang city fire department.

it was difficult for the cat to reach with their hands and a hook, the fire department took steps to penetrate one of the walls of the residents' house. using a concrete cutting machine, the team tries to do it carefully so the cat doesn't get hurt. it took 30 minutes, the fire department managed to evacuate the white swan type cat without any abrasions.

the head of the Padang city fire team, Sutan Hendra said "we received reports from cat owners, that the pet cat was pinned down, with the calculation that the cat could be evacuated, based on the cat owner's statement, the pet cat escaped from supervision until it played on the roof and fell between two the walls of this resident's house,".