By Associated Press - Friday, April 1, 2016

PINCH, W.Va. (AP) - Firefighters outside Charleston, West Virginia, have rescued a dog believed to have been stuck in a storm drain for nearly a week.

The Charleston Gazette-Mail (https://bit.ly/1X2cAux ) reports that Pinch residents on Thursday found a dog stuck in an underground storm pipe. The neighbors had been hearing the dog’s barks for days but had been unable to locate the canine.

With the help of a West Virginia American Water crew, members of the Pinch Fire Department dug up concrete and cut the pipe in order to free Mater, a 14-year-old beagle mix who had been missing since March 25.

The dog was taken to a veterinarian and is safely back with his owners, who say they’re planning to install a fence.

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Information from: The Charleston Gazette-Mail, https://wvgazettemail.com.

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