A video posted by the Russian Emergency Ministry captures Russian firefighters saving about 150 pigs and piglets from a barn fire in Siberian village Tomsk.
The fire started on January 20 when up to 200 pigs were on the farm. Most of them were saved by the firefighters, according to ministry.
![Most of the pigs were saved by the Russian firefighters. Photo / Дарья Бердникова YouTube](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/NCI3HFNW5YH2LY4XOE5SQ5BRFE.jpg?auth=094f88755d7ed35bfd10f0e0e72d8d7454425a42b32c9ca8f9d996a91a2a2cf2&width=16&height=9&quality=70&smart=true)
Emergency services were called to the fire at noon and it took them four hours to extinguish the fire, according to the Siberian Times.
"At 4.30pm the fire was extinguished," said a spokesman. There were 26 people and seven units of equipment involved."