VIDEO: Baby Deer Rescued From Drain In South Jersey

PEMBERTON, NJ - Fire personnel in South Jersey were hailed as heroes this weekend for safely rescuing a baby deer from a drain.

In a Facebook post posted Saturday and shared by the Pemberton Township Volunteer Fire Department, area resident Desirae Hilton noted that a passerby had heard the fawn crying from an underground drain and promptly alerted authorities.

“We immediately called the non-emergency line and the police called the fire department,” Hilton said. “The [fire] chief came out quickly to get the baby deer out.”

You can watch a video of the rescue below, courtesy of Desirae Hilton: