Crime & Safety
Fire, Water Crews Rush To Save Puppy Stuck In A Sewer Pipe
A rescue crew dug almost 8 feet into the street and used a camera to track a toy poodle that fell into a sewer pipe.
CHARLOTTE, NC — A rescue crew of nearly 20 firefighters and Charlotte water workers became heroes Thursday morning after they launched a nearly two hour rescue operation that saved the life of a 5-week-old toy poodle puppy after it fell six feet down a sewer pipe in south Charlotte.
Firefighters arrived at the scene in the 9900 block of Evergreen Terrace Drive in south Charlotte around 8 a.m., where they joined with a city water crew to find the puppy “MJ.”
Realizing the dog could have possibly moved to another part of the sewage line, the rescue crew dug two holes and came up with a contingency plan to follow her in case she entered the main sewage line, WBTV reported.
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Crews dug down nearly 8 feet, and installed a trench box for the digging crew.
Update Animal Rescue; Evergreen Terrace Dr; MJ is very active in the pipe according to the camera.. pic.twitter.com/CmZ7yRkAbv
— Charlotte Fire Dept (@CharlotteFD) July 12, 2018
During the operation, a camera was placed in the pipe and showed MJ was active. Around 10 a.m., the heroic effort led to a happy ending when the puppy was saved and reunited with her family.
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Photos courtesy of Charlotte Fire Department
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