Heroic firefighters saved a new born foal from a ditch during an early morning rescue mission.
One crew from Orsett and another from Corringham were called to the incident in Stanford Road, Stanford Le Hope at 7.26am this morning.
The crews said as the foal was just hours old they were able to just lift it out of the ditch and did not require any specialist equipment.
Watch Manager Geoff Wheal from Corringham Fire Station said: "The foal could only have been a few hours old so our crew were able to get down into the ditch and lift the foal out quite easily.
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"We didn't need any special equipment on this rescue, and luckily we got the foal out really quickly.
"The foal didn't seem to have any injuries and as soon as we got it out, it joined it's mother which is a good sign. We left the foal in the care of it's mother, and it's owners."
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