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KINGS COUNTY, Nova Scotia — It turns out that having creatures drawn into firefighting equipment while pumping water from ponds and lakes is something that happens occasionally.
Aylesford firefighters were surprised March 8 when their dry hydrant became clogged. They had set up a pumper at a nearby pond to fill their tankers to battle a grass fire when the crew noticed they were having difficulty drawing water.
They removed the suction line from the dry hydrant to check the gaskets and look for foreign material and were shocked to find it clogged with what Chief Shawn Carey said appeared to be some sort of catfish. Carey said nothing like this has happened to one of his fire crews before.
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