Firefighters in southern Jefferson County rescued one small gray and white dog that had fallen into an abandoned septic tank on Christmas Eve.

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The operation, carried out by the Pleasure Ridge Park Fire District on Dec. 24, involved erecting a pulley system and lowering a firefighter into a deep hole in the front yard of a home on Krages Avenue off Pendleton Road off Dixie Highway to reach the animal.

Crews discovered the dog at the bottom of the deep hole and worked methodically to retrieve it, building the pulley system to safely lower and raise personnel and equipment. The dog was removed from the tank and was not injured.

The rescue unfolded in southern Jefferson County on Krages Avenue, where the abandoned septic tank presented a confined, vertical space that required technical rope and rigging techniques rather than a straightforward reach-and-retrieve.

A firefighter was lowered into the hole to secure the animal, then raised along with the dog using the improvised pulley. The operation emphasized controlled movements to protect both the rescuer and the animal in the confined environment.

After the dog was brought to ground level, crews assessed it and confirmed it had not been injured in the fall or during the rescue. A firefighter with the Pleasure Ridge Park Fire District said the incident had been a “rescue teams had a ‘ruff call'” during what is typically a quiet holiday evening.

Local reporting on the incident by WDRB and additional coverage by Fox56 describe the scene and confirm the location and date of the response.

The Pleasure Ridge Park Fire District led the operation on Dec. 24 and remained on scene until the dog was safe and the immediate hazard had been managed. The animal — described by responders as a small gray and white dog — was taken from the yard and left in the care of personnel on scene for evaluation.

The successful outcome brought relief to the crew working a holiday shift and to neighbors who watched as firefighters assembled the rigging and carried out the descent into the hole. The department’s use of a pulley system enabled a controlled extraction without worsening conditions inside the abandoned tank.

The rescue consisted of one dog and was completed without reported injury to either the animal or responding personnel. The rescue was completed without reported injury to either the animal or responding personnel.

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