CATSKILL, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- An off-duty Catskill firefighter saved over two dozen birds from a shed fire Friday night, according to the Catskill Fire Company, Inc. The incident reportedly occurred at a property on Route 9W southbound just before 7:55 p.m.

According to owner of the shed and firefighter Rich Overbaugh, the structure housed 40 birds, including turkeys, chickens and hatchling ducks. After being woken by his dad, the 21-year-old recalled looking out the kitchen window, seeing the flames and immediately running outside.

Overbaugh had his gear and an air pack in his pickup truck thanks to recently attending fire school. He quickly put on the equipment and went into the shed, pushing out as many birds as he could, he said.

"I didn't put a second thought to it," Overbaugh told NE

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