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Police, Fire & Rescue and Wires combine to free trapped possum

Jun 11, 2019

BLAXLAND, Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia – About midday on Tuesday afternoon, Blue Mountains Police Rescue were called to an address in Blaxland after a possum got its head stuck in a glass jar 15 metres up a dead tree.

Fire & Rescue NSW assisted with an aerial appliance from Parramatta station and lifted the operators up to the top of the tree.

The possum was removed from the tree and handed over to Wires (wildlife rescue)  who transported the possum to Regentville animal hospital.

The vet reports that the glass jar has now been removed and the possum is doing well.

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