PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A kitten was rescued by a Pittsburgh-area fire company after it found itself caught between an engine compartment and a hard place. On Facebook, the Pleasant Hills Volunteer Fire Company shared a story about how it rescued a kitten stuck under the hood of a car parked at a shopping center.

A kitten that got stuck in a car engine had a lucky escape after a driver heard its cries. West Yorkshire firefighters came to the cat's rescue near Killinghall Road in Bradford - and had to strip the vehicle to free the youngster.

Firefighters took more than an hour to prise open a car after a kitten was heard crying weakly from inside the engine, but the five-week-old cat is expected to make a full recovery

A kitten was rescued from a car’s engine compartment in Pleasant Hills Thursday. The Pleasant Hills Volunteer Fire Company said it was alerted for a service request at the Southland Shopping Center at 7:02 p.