
A dog that was stuck in a pipe in Bloomfield Wednesday is free thanks to several first responders who worked together to bring the pup to safety.
The dog had crawled into a culvert pipe along Tunxis Avenue and crews responded late Wednesday morning to help the animal.
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But, it was 40 to 50 feet into the 200-foot-long pipe and members of the Bloomfield Center Volunteer Fire Department couldn’t reach it.
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So, they called in members of the Town of Bloomfield Department of Public Works for more help.
Public Works personnel dug up a section of pipe to get to the dog and crews used a hose to give it the extra 10 feet to get out of the pipe, according to the Bloomfield Center Volunteer Fire Department.