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SYDNEY : It was a case of not arty, just farty, when 15 firefighters and two trucks raced to a farm on reports of a gas leak.
The flatulent pig sparked the gas emergency on a property at Axedale in central Victoria state when a farmer mistook the odours for a leaking pipe.
"When we got there, as we drove up the driveway, there was this huge sow, about a 120-odd kilo (265-pound) sow, and it was very obvious where the gas was coming from," said fire captain Peter Harkins.
"We could not only smell it, but we heard it and it was quite funny."
Harkins said the pig's owner was "a little bit embarrassed to say the least," and it took fire crews a little while to compose themselves.
"It was fairly obvious what it was. I think we dealt with it fairly professionally and had a bit of a giggle when we got back to the station," he told public broadcaster ABC.
- AFP/sf
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