{"id":33671,"date":"2023-01-13T13:31:17","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T17:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=33671"},"modified":"2023-01-13T13:31:17","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T17:31:17","slug":"firefighters-rescue-dog-trapped-under-overturned-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=33671","title":{"rendered":"Firefighters rescue dog trapped under overturned vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;78&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;115&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ENFIELD:<\/strong> The wagging tail on a little doggie is all that firefighters with Enfield fire needed to see to know how thankful it was for their help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The dog was trapped under its owners vehicle that had rolled on Hwy 102 in the heavy rains on Friday morning Jan. 13. Fire crews from Enfield, Station 45 Fall River, and Station 47 Goffs, along with EHS and RCMP responded to the call of the mvc on the Airport hill. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Captain Luke Guthro, with Enfield Fire, was Incident Command on scene. He spoke about the call, and how the rescue of the little doggie went.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;111&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;2&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said dispatch had originally said that fire was needed to a vehicle on its side. On arrival crews found a heavily damaged vehicle on all fours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt appeared all occupants were out but there was commotion on the passenger side,\u201d said Guthro to The Laker News. \u201cA witness to the accident came to our truck and reported the owners dog was pinned completely under the vehicle and was in about three to four inches of water.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The firefighters knew they had to do something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s when Firefighter Tyler Sigurdson and Guthro went down to the vehicle with their combi tool (spreader and cutter in one).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe started working to free the dog while Station 45 who was in fend of was requested to bump up and start setting a tool pad,\u201d said Guthro. \u201cWe were able to free the dog with Firefighter Sigurdson lifting the vehicle with the tool while I reached under and slid the dog free.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;190&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;169&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The female driver reportedly has minor injuries, while the woman\u2019s daughter took the dog to a nearby vet to be looked at. The woman was taken to hospital. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guthro said the patient and dog were treated in the of Enfield engine to get them out of the elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He had some belongings of the dog he had to return to the family, so he went to the vet himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI spoke with the family, and they believe the dog will be okay and will make a full recovery,\u201d said Guthro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;84&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;92&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;95&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;78&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;115&#8243;] ENFIELD: The wagging tail on a little doggie is all that firefighters with Enfield fire needed to see to know how thankful it was for their help. The dog was trapped under its owners vehicle that had rolled on Hwy 102 in the heavy rains on Friday morning Jan. 13. 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