UPDATE: Kitten Rescued from Car Engine Has New Westport Home

Updated at 8:37 a.m. on Thursday, June 23, 2016: The kitten who was rescued Wednesday morning in Westport, after being trapped in the engine compartment of a car, has a new home.

According to Assistant Fire Chief Robert Yost, staffers at the Fairfield County Hunt Club, where the rescue took place, have adopted the cat and are calling it "Bumper."

The name is a play on the spot where the little one became lodged in the car, between the front bumper and the radiator.

Original story: Westport, CT - A kitten climbed into the engine compartment of a car in Norwalk Wednesday morning, and driver unknowingly traveled from Norwalk to Westport with the little one stuck inside.

Westport Fire personnel were on a fire safety stand-by for the Fairfield County Hunt Club Horse Show at about 9 a.m. when they were approached by an employee who said she had a kitten trapped inside her car.

"She stated that when she stopped at a Dunkin Donuts in Norwalk for a coffee she found someone looking under her car near the front tire," wrote Assistant Fire Chief Robert Yost in a statement. "This person told her that he saw a kitten jump up under her car while she was inside the store. They looked for a while and did not see any evidence of the cat so they assumed the cat left and she drove to Westport to work at the horse show."

After arriving at the hunt club complex on Long Lots Road, the woman heard meowing from her engine compartment and she quickly summoned hunt club personnel and firefighters for help.

The crew on stand-by looked for the scared kitten and could not locate it so they called for the Shift Commander and Rescue Company.

"The stow-a-way kitten had crawled up into a space between the front bumper and the radiator," said Yost. "Crews worked for over two hours raising up the vehicle and removing various car parts to access the area where the kitten was hiding."

Additionally, Westport Animal Control Officer Gina Gambino also was called in to assist in the rescue, and after finally freeing kitten, a local veterinarian, who was already at the horse show, checked it out.

Photos via Westport Fire Department