{"id":773182,"date":"2026-07-01T11:42:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T11:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/773182\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T11:42:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T11:42:52","slug":"llama-rescued-by-edmonton-firefighters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/773182\/","title":{"rendered":"Llama rescued by Edmonton firefighters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Edmonton\u2019s firefighters are trained for the unexpected. Rescuing a llama from a sinkhole certainly qualifies.<\/p>\n<p>Fire crews were called to the llama drama on Saturday morning after the woolly camelid fell into a three-metre-deep sinkhole.<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton Fire Rescue Services (EFRS) says the opening was too small for the llama, named Runner, to be pulled out safely.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur team worked quickly to pivot,\u201d EFRS explained in a Facebook post. \u201cThey coordinated a mini excavator, checked with utilities to make sure digging was safe, and called in our specialized Technical Rescue Team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce the excavator safely dug out enough room, the firefighters and Technical Rescue Team used specialized rescue slings to lift Runner back to solid ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters described the operation as \u201ca total success,\u201d with Runner walking away from the situation uninjured.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Edmonton as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=edmonton.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778178555_824_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edmonton\u2019s firefighters are trained for the unexpected. Rescuing a llama from a sinkhole certainly qualifies. Fire crews were&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":773183,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":["post-773182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-edmonton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=773182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/773183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}