A rather similar incident took place in a small village in Sweden.
A volunteer fire brigade team was trying to get down a cat that was
high up in a tree. After the work of several hours they managed to get the
animal down. The owner of the cat – an older lady – was was happy and
promised to serve the brave men a cup of coffee. The chief said,
thanks but well have to go back to the station. They got up in their
fire engines and drove away, running over the cat.