{"id":257730,"date":"2026-04-08T15:29:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T15:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/257730\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T15:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T15:29:09","slug":"deputy-rescues-six-kittens-trapped-in-selma-substation-ceiling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/257730\/","title":{"rendered":"Deputy rescues six kittens trapped in Selma substation ceiling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 What started as a strange noise turned into a rescue mission at a sheriff\u2019s substation in Selma.<\/p>\n<p>The Fresno County Sheriff&#8217;s Office says Detective Andres Solis was working at the Area 3 substation when he heard what sounded like meowing coming from the ceiling.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Deputy rescues six kittens from Selma substation ceiling (Photo: Fresno County Sheriff's Office)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/079d3a44-146c-4bc1-9c76-0f9ff25074ce-Theinvestigation.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Deputy rescues six kittens from Selma substation ceiling (Photo: Fresno County Sheriff&#8217;s Office)<\/p>\n<p>After investigating the attic crawl space, he discovered five kittens hidden inside.<\/p>\n<p>Solis was able to safely remove the kittens but later heard another faint cry.<\/p>\n<p> One kitten was still stuck even deeper in a hole.<\/p>\n<p>Solis was eventually able to get the small cat out safely.<\/p>\n<p> He then called Fresno Humane Animal Services.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Deputy rescues six kittens from Selma substation ceiling (Photo: Fresno County Sheriff's Office)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/cff5d0bb-e61d-4b65-90b2-002e18e7d356-Kittens__.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Deputy rescues six kittens from Selma substation ceiling (Photo: Fresno County Sheriff&#8217;s Office)<\/p>\n<p>Officials say the kittens were extremely hungry but are now being nursed back to health.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, the mother cat was later found deceased.<\/p>\n<p>Once the kittens are healthy, they will be available for adoption.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Deputy rescues six kittens from Selma substation ceiling (Photo: Fresno County Sheriff's Office)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/57fc5d6b-4334-4f30-95c0-ee9f85d3763b-Kittens_.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Deputy rescues six kittens from Selma substation ceiling (Photo: Fresno County Sheriff&#8217;s Office)<\/p>\n<p>Anyone interested can contact Fresno Humane Animal Services at (559) 600-7387 or visit their Fresno facility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 What started as a strange noise turned into a rescue mission at a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257731,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-257730","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-fresno","9":"tag-fresno-headlines","10":"tag-fresno-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}