{"id":466545,"date":"2026-09-17T08:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T08:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/466545\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T08:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T08:02:11","slug":"california-firefighters-rescue-kitten-trapped-inside-entertainment-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/466545\/","title":{"rendered":"California firefighters rescue kitten trapped inside entertainment center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three California firefighters had their hands full with a tiny emergency after a kitten managed to wedge herself inside an entertainment center.<\/p>\n<p>Suki had been with her new family for just a few weeks when she crawled partway into an opening in the cabinet and found herself unable to get back out, according to the Ventura County Fire Department.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters from Engine 50 in Camarillo <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/09\/14\/fdny-hero-rescues-kitten-from-car-engine-every-life-is-important\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">responded to the animal-in-distress call<\/a> and quickly got to work.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for the California Morning Report newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Suki had been with her new family for just a few weeks. Instagram\/venturacountyfire<\/p>\n<p>They removed the A\/V equipment from the cabinet, gently lowered the entertainment center into a more workable position and carefully freed the trapped kitten.<\/p>\n<p>Video of the rescue shows three firefighters fussing over the little feline as they work to get her out.<\/p>\n<p>Suki emerged without any apparent injuries and was returned to her relieved family, the department said.<\/p>\n<p>The rescue has already become a viral hit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am now gonna go to ventura and get my head stuck in a entertainment center,\u201d another commenter wrote. Instagram\/venturacountyfire<\/p>\n<p>The same video was posted to TikTok earlier this week and has racked up more than 7 million views, according to the fire department.<\/p>\n<p>And commenters had plenty to say about the unusual rescue.<\/p>\n<p>One person recalled having to call firefighters at midnight after their cat became trapped behind a water heater.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am now gonna go to ventura and get my head stuck in a entertainment center,\u201d another commenter wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Ventura County Fire Department Engine 50 firefighters responded to the animal-in-distress call. Facebook\/Fire Heroic<\/p>\n<p>One commenter summed up the public reaction with: \u201cI 100 approve this use of my tax dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Ventura County Fire Department thanked photographer Erin Garcia for sharing the story and said the rescue <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/08\/us-news\/holser-fire-forces-evacuation-orders-near-piru-in-ventura-county\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">highlighted its commitment to the community<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Download The California Post App, follow us on social, and subscribe to our newsletters <\/p>\n<p>California Post News: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheCaliforniaPost\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@CaliforniaPost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TikTok<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">X<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@thecaliforniapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Vb6a2IV1NCrL6q2AWq0E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">WhatsApp<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/company\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a><br \/>California Post Sports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/capostsports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/capostsports\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@capostsports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TikTok<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CaliforniaPostSports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/capostsports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">X<\/a><br \/>California Post  <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Opinion<\/a> <br \/>California Post Newsletters: <a href=\"https:\/\/email.nypost.com\/#california-post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sign up here!<\/a><br \/>California Post App: <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/california-post\/id6751343487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Download here!<\/a><br \/>Home delivery: <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribe.californiapost.com\/defaultCAP\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up here!<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/california-post\/id6751343487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><br \/><\/a>Page Six Hollywood: <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/hollywood-signup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sign up here!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three California firefighters had their hands full with a tiny emergency after a kitten managed to wedge herself&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":466546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28148,7,9,8,2117,4853,161889,4182,3586,52641],"class_list":["post-466545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-animal-rescue","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-cats","tag-firefighters","tag-kittens","tag-metro","tag-us-news","tag-viral-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466545","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=466545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}