A month after going missing, a dog was rescued from a Western Massachusetts storm drain where she had been trapped and unable to get free.
The West Springfield Fire Department had been helping extinguish a car fire on Interstate 91 South Monday. The car was fully involved in flames. The fire also ruptured the gas tank, which spilled gasoline onto the roadway and was heading towards storm drains.
The driver was taken to the hospital with burns and smoke inhalation. They are expected to survive.
Once the car fire was extinguished, the firefighters began checking the nearby drains for any contaminants due to the spilled gasoline.
However, firefighters discovered the dog instead.
The dog, named Ally, was reported missing to Thomas J. O’Connor Animal Control and Adoption Center (TJO) officers over a month ago from the Forest Park area.
“How she managed to get inside of this storm drain located within close proximity to the highway is still unknown,” TJO wrote on Facebook. “Had it not been for the quick thinking of the Mass State Police Officers along with the West Springfield Fire Department, who knows if Ally would have made it out of that drain alive.”
Ally is safe and back in the hands of her very happy owners, TJO wrote, also sharing photos from them reuniting. Her owners are taking her to the vet to “verify there are no underlying concerns from her month long ordeal.” Plus, TJO said, she’ll be getting a bath and grooming.
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