A good Samaritan called the fire department when he looked through a metal grate and saw the ducklings. One of the firefighters went down the drain and ... No call is too small.

A 6-foot alligator that was trapped in a drainage pipe in Hilton Head's ritzy ... saw its snout sticking out of the metal grate, the Island Packet and Beaufort Gazette reported.

If you have a small yard or a small house perimeter ... they act like a storm or sewer system—complete with metal grates—in your yard. French drains, on the other hand, are perforated pipes ...

Deputies worked together to lift the metal grate off a storm drain before freeing the dog, who had become trapped in a pipe. “The pup, a small dog wearing a collar with no identifying ...

Rebarcak said it appears the ducklings were so small they fell right through the holes in the metal grate covering the drain. The scared ducklings rushed into a drainage pipe at the bottom of the ...

After removing the metal grate, Kraycar was able to pull the ... Kraycar said the trapped alligator could have fed on small fish in the drainage water during his six-month stint in the pipe.