An act of cod? Firefighters put out fish on fire after 999 call
Fire crews have responded to an unusual call after a huge carp was placed on a fire in open grassland.
The common carp, which weighed at least 10kg, was found burning on Wednesday night.
The fish was spotted on a cycle path along Darlaston Lane, part of the Lunt, Bilston, at around 5.22pm, with a member of the public calling 999 to report the fishy goings on.
The incident caused a storm on social media, as Wolverhampton Fire shared a photo of the fish.
@Wton_fire tweeted: "Crews responded to common carp on fire on open land it was at least 10kg."
One Twitter user, Chris Presslie responded: "Mindless fire by kids unfortunately they were hanging about when I called 999.
"I called 999 on the sculpture path for this. I think if I had my steel toe caps I would off tried to stamp it out.
"Fire was contained but the wind wasn't helping so had to call it through."
West Midlands Fire service confirmed that sent a brigade response vehicle to the scene, with three fire fighters inside. They put out the fire with water and left the scene shortly afterwards.
