A bear was spotted swimming in a pool Friday to escape the California heat.
A bear was captured on video taking a dip in a spa area with its paws on the brick walls of a pool in Burbank, California. Published on Facebook. director From the Burbank Police Department (BPD) on Friday. The temperature at this time was 92 degrees.
“This #bear is surviving the heat in Burbank!” the police department wrote in its post. “After the bear was spotted in the hills, police officers were dispatched to the scene and then bathed to cool off.” (Related: Woman at bachelorette party finds bear trapped in car, posts video)
BPD police officers received a call around 3:30 p.m. that a bear had entered the swimming pool of a residence on Block 1300 of Paseo Redondo in Burbank, according to reports. los angeles times.
In addition to the BPD, officials from the Burbank Animal Sanctuary and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife also responded to the incident, according to the paper.
By 6 p.m., the bear was seen climbing a wall into a tree after a dip in the pool, where it was “resting peacefully,” the report said.
Scorching heat hits the United States and is expected to last all summer, especially in southern states and the West. according to to the National Weather Service.
The Daily Caller reached out to the Burbank Police Department for a statement, but did not receive an immediate response.