'A Community Effort.' Dog Freed From Drain Pipe in Boalsburg After 6-Hour Rescue Operation

PAWsome: Centre County firefighters rescue trapped dog after 6 hour struggle

CENTRE COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) -- Firefighters spent six hours saving a family's best friend that managed to get trapped inside of storm drain and eventually had to cut open the road itself. Boalsburg Fire Company was called Tuesday, May 27, after a dog got trapped in a storm drain via an outlet pipe that was near his backyard. What seemed like an easy fix turned into anything but. Firefighters and community members alike gave ideas on how to get the…

Dog In Centre County Rescued From Pipe Thanks To Efforts Of Loving Community

A Boalsburg dog named Blizzard was shown the love yesterday, when a community came together to rescue him from a drain pipe.  It took over six hours but thanks to area residents and the Boalsburg Fire Company, the dog was rescued from a drain pip he entered through an outlet pipe in the family’s backyard.  Blizzard reportedly traveled more than 100 feet through the pipe and firefighters could hear him barking.  Because of sediment in the pipe th…

'A Community Effort.' Dog Freed From Drain Pipe in Boalsburg After 6-Hour Rescue Operation

A dog that got stuck in a Boalsburg storm drain was reunited with his family early Wednesday morning after a six-hour rescue effort by firefighters, road workers, sewer authority staff and neighbors. Boalsburg Fire Company was dispatched at 7:23 p.m. to the 1300 block of Andover Drive, where a dog named Blizzard had entered the storm drain through an outlet pipe in his family's backyard. Chief Van Winter said Blizzard traveled more than 100 feet…