THE owner of Spike the Jack Russell has actually thanked the firefighting groups who were shot rescued her dog from an underground drain pipeline.
As the Mid-Devon Advertiser reported earlier today, Thursday, fire teams from Buckfastleigh and Newton Abbot were associated with the rescue of Spike last nigt.
Spike’s owner, Kate Haddrell, said later on: ‘So, so happy to have Spike home safe and sound.
‘He slept like a log and is a bit stiff this morning You are all Brilliant thank you for your fantastic work.’
Buckfastleigh Fire Station launched a video and photos of their teams dealing with Newton Abbot Firefighters to save Spike.
The minute Spike the Jack Russell dog was reunited with his owner, in rather a foul-smelling state after his experience down a sewage system. Picture: Buckfastleigh Fire Station (8-6-23) (Buckfastleigh Fire Station )
Facebook remarks valuing the firemens’ operate in such awful conditions have actually been gathering:
‘Commitment and team work ! Wonderful’
‘Well done humanity at its best.’
‘The varied and interesting life of a retained firefighter comes to mind! Well done to all involved.’
‘You guys sure get around – well done.’
On their Facebook page the Buckfastleigh group said: ‘Yesterday as we were on our way to a fire exercise at the South Devon Railway we were diverted to reports of a Jack Russell dog trapped within a sewer pipe.
‘On arrival we were met by Spike’s owners who said he had actually been missing out on from his garden considering that about 3pm and when searching they might hear him barking in the pipeline.
‘The officer in charge asked for our colleagues from Newton Abbot Fire Station to join us so we could utilise their snake eye camera to try and get a visual of how far and in which pipe he was stuck.
‘The pipe system was approximately 100m long with many pipes joining at different points.
‘Having put the camera down all the possible entry points and dug an inspection trench we found one more inspection pit in the middle of the field and it was here where we managed to see Spike wedged within the pipe about 45m from the pit entrance.
‘Luckily spike saw the light on the end of the camera as his way out in the dark and with some coaxing from his owners slowly but surely managed in inch his way backwards until he was able to be grabbed.
‘Spike was unharmed after being trapped for over seven hours, a bit smelly and tired from his adventure but back with his family.’
You can see the pleasure on his owner’s face as she and a really foul-smelling Spike were reunited.
