Overview
- Firefighters in Dinslaken recovered a mother duck and twelve ducklings from a flat roof in the city center after a passerby reported the stranded birds.
- Crews brought a four-part ladder and a transport box to lift the young birds safely from the more than two-meter-high roof.
- During the rescue, the mother flew off the roof and five ducklings leapt after her, and firefighters caught the youngsters and set them down unharmed.
- The remaining seven ducklings were placed in a box and lowered to the ground, and the team then brought the family back together.
- The callout happened during the city’s Energy Run, and race-related road closures forced the crew to drive back to the station along parts of the course, showing how public events can reshape routine responses.