A mysterious run of overnight alarm activations at Tenbury Wells Fire Station has come to a purrfect conclusion.
The happy ending has come with the discovery that the suspected cat burglar was, in fact, …..a cat!
“Last week, Ruth and David Pocknell, who own the house that backs on to the fire station came around to let us and our police colleagues know that their cat Portia had been missing since August 24,” said Watch Commander Ian Bowkett.
“We thought no more about it until this week when the alarm at the station went off each night – our crew and the police turned out but found nothing.
“Then, last night, someone took a picture of a cat in the station window.
“And this morning we discovered Portia was hiding behind the fire station’s washing machine.
“So now cat and owners have been happily reunited.”
“It’s absolutely wonderful and we are over the moon to get her back,” said Ruth Pocknell.
“David and I are so very grateful to everyone at the station and all who helped to find her and spread the word on social media that we were looking for her.
“She looks no different to when she went missing.”
CAPTION: Some of the Tenbury crew with Ruth Pocknell and Portia