{"id":4742,"date":"2026-07-17T12:42:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T12:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4742"},"modified":"2026-07-17T12:42:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T12:42:19","slug":"oakland-fire-crew-goes-viral-for-helping-stricken-pigeon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4742","title":{"rendered":"Oakland fire crew goes viral for helping stricken pigeon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>OAKLAND \u2014 An Oakland Fire Department crew is going viral for coming to the aid of a feathered friend.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4740\">Can 49ers\u2019 young receivers unseat vets, benefit from Evans?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The unusual incident happened Tuesday evening after Engine 29 finished putting out a vehicle fire. A pigeon appeared to have suffered some smoke inhalation and came up to the crew seeking help, Oakland Firefighters Local 55 said in an Instagram post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cE29\u2019s crew administered the pigeon some oxygen and the bird shortly flew away after clearing its lungs,\u201d read the post, which had amassed 1.2 million views as of Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>The post also included video footage of a firefighter providing oxygen to the beset bird.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4738\">Killer of dancer O\u2019Shae Sibley gets 20 years for hate-crime manslaughter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Comments on the post ranged from thankful to humorous.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will gladly keep paying taxes if this is what it keeps getting used for,\u201d one person wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Another joked, \u201cSources say the insurance company is finding a way to bill the bird as we speak.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4736\">Lawsuit accuses Meta of using AI to target workers for layoffs who took medical and maternity leave<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Check back for updates.<\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Oakland Fire Department crew is going viral for coming to the aid of a feathered friend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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