Portland firefighters assist stranded ducklings

It’s not a common duty, but once in a while, firefighters get to reunite a family, as one Portland crew did Sunday — a worried mama duck and her babies, stuck beneath a storm grate.

Firefighters were called out to a report of ducklings trapped in a storm grate near SE 148th Street and Grant Court, officials said.

Upon arrival, crews noticed the mother duck circling around a storm grate in a driveway with her young ducklings trapped below.

Firefighters removed the grate and reunited the duck family.