TEHRAN – The head of fire rescue department in Bijar , a city in western Kordestan Province, reported the rescue of a fox out of a man-dug water well.

According to IRNA on Friday, Rasoul Heidari said that once a call came through about a fox fallen into a 30-meter well in proximity to Bijar, firefighters at the closest station to the scene got into the fire truck straightaway to rescue the wild animal.

Fortunately, after half an hour of rescue operation, the team successfully elevated the fox out of the well and once he was freed, they took him back to his native habitat. 

Heidari recommended farmers intend to excavate water wells in the region, to raise the wellheads to at least 0.5 meter above the ground surface to prevent the fall of nocturnal animals in them in the dark of the night.

If it not be possible to raise the casing of the well pits above the ground, he stressed, then the wells should be covered securely to avert accidents.