The Melville and Huntington Manor firefighters teamed up
with Suffolk police to rescue a dog from a cesspool.
The
incident happened Wednesday night at a home on Eastfield
Lane.
The Melville Fire Department got a call around 10 p.m. and
when they got to the house - they found a dog named Duke about 12-feet-down in
the water and clinging to a ladder inside the cesspool.
The
Huntington Manor Fire Department Technical Rescue Team and Suffolk Police
Emergency Services came to the scene.
The
departments used a rescue tripod and were able to lasso the dog and bring him
to safety.
Duke was taken to a nearby emergency veterinary
center for treatment.