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Come on, this way. No, no, no. No. This way. No, she's going into the fire. What a day. I spoke earlier with the farmer here. He just ran to get another tractor out. There are fuel tanks behind this barn here. The cows are in there and he's he's So, he's real upset. Oh my god. It's going to be fully engulfed. Cows are still trapped. Fully engulfed, cows trapped. The cows are in there. The whole thing is full of straw. Anything else Going to have zone 12 >> No, I mean the fuel tanks and the two tractors in the back. The cows are all burning in there. Well, we got fire en route. We'll see what we can do, brother. What the Why is every every single round again in place? Why is everything burning? I can't even get the tractors out. It's so full of smoke. >> Okay. The cows are all They're all Are they all in the front? >> They're on the other side of the barn. >> of the front. >> There's a building that comes off like this and they're both burning in there. What the 10-4. Zone 12, you're in service. All right. We got Are they out yet? >> are all just burning in there. Can we get close? I can't see. Everything's covered in smoke. Where are the cows? 10-27-3. WATCH THAT POWER LINE. YOU GUYS WANT TO GET THIS EQUIPMENT OUT? HE CAN'T. He can't get it started. You got another tractor that runs? No, 10-1, Mike. The cows are right in the front of this building. We're not going to get in there. No. They're penned in right there. We could walk through, but >> Right there? Yeah, but they're You'd have to walk all the way through. They're penned in on the other side, but we're not going to get on the other side with that fire. There. Oh my god. There's no way that they're Barn's fully involved at this moment. Cows are still trapped inside. Cows are still trapped inside. Yep, fine. Slow down, man. All right? We got time. We got time. Slow down. I'll go hook this up, okay? It's a small chain. Back up in case this snaps. Keep going. Oh my god. 437 Kitty. Come here. Hey, did that other one run? I couldn't I couldn't get it started. It was just so cold and diesel. And I I don't know if we can even pull it out. We got to get a bigger You got a bigger chain? Yeah. Yeah, I'll take this. What's the next step? I need to try to pull that smaller one out. I don't know. Or we can just get whatever we can. It's a lot of junk. Oh, yeah. A lot of smoke. Oh. Oh, I wonder I can see them moving. I can see the one else. Uh-oh. my god, it's right there. Where is it? Do you see it, Cal? Look. Look. Oh, I don't know. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SAFE TO GO ANY FARTHER OR IT'S STUCK. CAL, BE CAREFUL. ARE THERE ANY MORE OVER THERE, CAL? YEAH, THEY'RE ALL RIGHT HERE. OH MY GOD. COME ON. COME ON. YOU GOT IT. YOU GOT IT. OKAY. OKAY. OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD. COME ON. COME ON. COME ON. THIS WAY. COME ON. THIS WAY. COME ON. HEY, COME ON. COME ON. COME ON. I KNOW. YOU GOT TO LEAVE THEM. COME ON. I NEED BOLT CUTTERS. COME ON. CAL, I CAN'T GET IT. THEY'RE PRESSED UP AGAINST IT. Get this. GET THIS OVER HERE. I CAN'T GET IT PUSHED IN. COME ON. I NEED BOLT CUTTERS. HURRY. 274 COUNTY. DOES ANYONE HAVE BOLT CUTTERS? 274. Bolt cutters. Bolt cutters. THEY'RE ALL RIGHT HERE. THEY'RE ALL RIGHT HERE. Crushed in the back of the barn. They're all right here. I'm with the cows. I need bolt cutters. I need something to cut a chain. COME ON. I WOULD LIKE STAY BACK HERE. AND KHAN HAS BOLT CUTTERS. He's coming to you now. 10-4. WE GOT TO HURRY. OH, MY EYES. WE'RE going to save him. Huh? We're going to save him. We're going to get bolt cutters. And then that's all that it is? Yeah, and then That's all it is. Watch watch out for him. I know. Man, 2740 and Khan, where you at? 10-4. We need bolt We need them now. HE'S COMING. THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE KEYS. I HAVE KEYS. They're in your car in the back? Okay. I'm in route to the house next door. I'm on my way back. to the house next door. I'm on my way back. Hurry up. Hurry. OH MY GOD. KEEP AN EYE ON THAT ROOF. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. COME ON. OH MY GOD. COME ON, SWEETIE. COME ON. IT'S OKAY. COME ON. COME ON. COME ON. YOU GOT IT, BUD. COME ON, THIS WAY. NO, NO, NO. NO, THIS WAY. IT'S OKAY. She's going to come out. No, SHE'S GOING INTO THE FIRE. COME ON. COME ON, GIRL. COME ON. CAN WE TRY TO USE THIS SHOVEL? SHOVEL'S not going to do WE NEED BOLT CUTTERS. 21 21 21 21 >> COME ON, COME 274, WE'RE out of time. 274, we're out of time. 274, he's showing up location near you now. Yep. Full cotter, come on. We have like no time. No time. I'm with him. It's okay. IT'S OKAY. RIGHT HERE, right here. >> Right here, RIGHT HERE. WATCH OUT, ONE'S FREE. COME ON, COME ON. NO, NO, NO. THAT'S NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING. WHAT ARE WE DOING? THIS TOP ONE, THIS top one. Come on, come on. This one doesn't WANT TO COME OUT. COME PUSH. COME ON. CUT THE OTHER SIDE. RIGHT HERE, RIGHT HERE, RIGHT HERE. Cut the other No, no, no. Here. That Get him up. Get him up. Get him up. Open him up. PUSH. COME ON. OPEN HIM UP. >> COME ON. ONE MORE. LET'S GO, GUYS. >> ONE MORE. ONE MORE. I GOT IT. THERE WE GO. COME ON. COME ON. COME ON. HELP. HELP. THIS WAY. COME ON. HELP. WOO. HELP. COME ON. COME ON. COME ON. YEAH. COME ON. COME ON. COME ON. LET'S GO. GO. LET'S GO. COME ON. GO. COME ON. COME ON, YOU. COME ON. YOU STUPID GET OVER HERE. COME ON. COME ON. COME ON. COME ON. COME ON. COME ON. ONE MORE. COME ON, COME ON. COME ON. YEAH. COME ON. COME ON. COME ON. HEY. COME ON. YOU GOT A PIN? COME ON. COME ON. KEEP GOING. YOU'RE GOOD. 274, COUNTY HALL House 3. 10-4, 274, all cows are free. 11-12. >> [laughter] >> You guys good? >> Oh, yeah. What's up? What's going on? Okay. He's got them. He'll go. Hey. Good job. Good job. Come on, you last one. Get out of here. Hey guys, guys, just come out over here. Here you go. Almost lost my cool there. Yeah, I saw. I heard you yelling. I was like No, I I it was like that that it was going to happen or it wasn't. Yeah. And we were going to just watch. Watch them. Watch them. I'm glad you saw they were alive. I was like, okay, they're dead. I feel so bad for him. I'm really I and I was like, okay, and then you come to the back door and I'm like, wait a second. You guys are moving equipment and I see a tail. I'm like, how is it alive? I'm like, how is it alive right now? Oh, man. They managed to get themselves in that corner. And he the way he explained it, I thought they were in the front. So Thank you for getting those four. If you if we you didn't get those Yeah, but you know what? You guys are willing to go in for cows. Yeah, I was like, this, we're getting equipment out of here. This incident took place on January 7th, 2026 in Lewiston, New York. All the cows in the video made it to safety and were uninjured, and there were no reported injuries to people. Footage of the fire's aftermath shows the barn fully burned down. However, other buildings on the property are still standing, indicating the fire department kept the fire contained to just the barn. The official cause of the fire is still under investigation. However, investigators have said it appears to have been accidental. You ever think about what an animal actually understands? Some people see cows and think livestock, but they remember, they recognize faces, they form friendships inside a herd, solve simple problems, and they even show stress and relief responses, meaning they know fear and they know comfort. Now, put that inside a barn. Those officers weren't just moving weight, they were trying to guide panicked animals that didn't understand why the air hurt to breathe or why the heat was closing in. Cows don't follow commands, they follow familiarity and safety. Every trip inside that smoke, those officers had to calm, steer, and physically lead living creatures that were reacting purely on instinct. And the environmental conservation officers with them handle real enforcement every day. Think about this, nearly 19,000 complaints in just the first half of 2025 in New York alone. That's poaching, illegal fish sales, and pollution cases. Just today, the victims couldn't pick up the phone. But, this is what the badge is meant to be, where nobody needs to say thank you, because those animals will never know who saved them.

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