Firefighters rescue missing lambs found down disused mine shaft

Crews from Ballymoney Station returned the lambs to their owner. Picture: NIFRS/PA

Crews from Ballymoney Station returned the lambs to their owner. Picture: NIFRS/PA

Firefighters have rescued a group of missing lambs that were found down a disused mine shaft.

The animals, which had been missing for three days, were retrieved from the 12-metre shaft on farm land near Ballymena, Co Antrim, on Friday evening.

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