Liz-ard to catch! Ronnie the runaway iguana is rescued from pub roof by the fire brigade Ronnie the iguana was discovered sunbathing on the roof of a pub in Folkestone The tropical lizard sneaked out of a nearby window and scaled the pub's walls Firefighters, using an aerial ladder, found the pet and returned him to his owner
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Firefighters may be used to rescuing the occasional cat from a tree, but crews in Kent were recently called to something more 'scaley'.
Ronnie the runaway iguana was discovered sunbathing on the roof of a pub in Folkestone after giving his owner the slip.
The tropical lizard - apparently giving its best Houdini impression - sneaked out from a nearby window and scaled the pub's walls.
Fortunately firefighters, using an aerial ladder, managed to find the pet reptile on top of the pub roof where he was basking in the September sun on Monday lunchtime.
'RunawayRonnie', as he was affectionately referred to following his rooftop adventure, was