Russian firefighters really saved a farmer’s bacon when they plucked 150 pigs, many of them piglets, from a huge barn fire in a Siberian village. /mchs.gov.ru

The rescue operation captured on video on Saturday has touched hearts locally and around the world, with social media users pigging out on the footage and posting comments praising the firefighters for saving these cute lives. /mchs.gov.ru

The blaze incinerated a one-story building in Chernaya Rechka, about 12 km from the city of Tomsk, the Russian government reported. /mchs.gov.ru

According to the property owners, some 200 pigs and piglets were kept in the barn. /mchs.gov.ru