'A true saviour ': Baby seagull rescued from Primark fire smoke

How cute are baby seagulls?

Sadly, a baby one who could not yet fly was caught by a poisonous smoke created by a store fire from Primark. 

The seagull was on the balcony of an Ann Summers store in Belfast city when the blaze began. 

Christened Smokey by the people who saved him, the bird had been abandoned by his family a couple of weeks previously. 

Debbie Doolittle’s Wildlife came to pick him up and posted about what happened to Facebook.

The representative wrote, “when I arrived to get him there was an obvious danger.''

“As most may have seen on the news by now that the Primark building is in flames. Just opposite the rescue site. I raced out onto the balcony to get it as he was fully exposed to the smoke and as he can’t fly would have sadly choked to death as he had no shelter.''

“Thankfully we got him safe before being asked to evacuate the building,'' they wrote. 

A baby seagull has been rescued after nearly being killed by fumes from the #primarkfire raging in Belfast city centre this afternoon.
Aptly named 'Smokey' has been adopted by staff at the nearby Ann Summers store after being abandoned by his family. #primark #primarkbelfast https://t.co/tB4V1leslw

— Lauren Harte (@LJHarteBT) August 28, 2018

Debbie Nelson, of Debbie Doolittle’s Wildlife, revealed that the bird had hurt itself by falling from the roof and he would have probably choked to death due to the smoke if he had been left exposed to it. 

“The rescue was planned for today. It wasn't until I got there I realised the fire was occurring,'' she said. 

“So we got in and out as quick and safely as we could before fire service closed off the entire area. The balcony was wrapped in smoke by the time we got up to it and was choking so was lucky we got him off there as he was completely exposed.”

The post got a huge reaction on social media, with people writing comments like, ''you are absolutely wonderful Debbie. A true saviour. Another wee animal who has been saved from certain death. I can't praise you enough. Well done! x''

Others wrote, ''you are so brave. Thank you for rescuing Smokey'' and ''amazing Debbie, if only there were more people in the world like you!''

Well done Debbie!