Dog trapped underground for a day at Birmingham beauty spot – Birmingham Live

A recuse operation had to be launched for a distressed dog trapped underground at a Birmingham beauty spot for 24 hours.

Freddy the Jack Russell headed under the surface in Sutton Park, in woodland just off the path between Town Gate and Blackroot Pool on Monday (November 22) morning.

And despite hearing him at the Sutton Coldfield park, his owner could not retrieve the dog and thought he sounded like he was in distress.

He called West Midlands Fire Service on Tuesday morning shortly after 8am and a crew from Sutton Coldfield station were at the scene in three minutes.

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Firefighters set to work and dug deep to try and find Freddy. After two hours they managed to find and free him, with the pooch having spent a whole day below the surface.

A spokesman for the West Midlands brigade: “We received a call from the owner of a dog who said his Jack Russell had been down a hole in Sutton Park since Monday morning.

“We have a fire engine from Sutton with five firefighters, who were on the scene in just three minutes.

“They were joined a little bit later by colleagues from the technical rescue unit based in Wednesbury.

“The owner had used the What3Words app – tricky, digit, farms – to help the crew to get right to him. They met at Town Gate.

Jack Russell, Freddy, was given a clean bill of health by the RSPCA after being stuck underground in Sutton Park for 24 hours
(Image: Sutton Coldfield Fire red watch crew)

He continued: “The dog was down a hole of unknown depth and unknown distance.

“He had been trapped for 24 hours by the time we had the call.

“The owner had heard the dog down the hole and said it sounded as if it was in distress

“Crews started to dig down and tried to clear access to the dog. The RSPCA were there as well.”

Freddy lapped up a bowl of water after his 24 hours in the dark in Sutton Park
(Image: Sutton Coldfield Fire red watch crew)

He added: “At 10.20am we received the stop message which said the dog, Freddy, had been released using shovels and digging.

“Eventually the firefighters dug a hole two metres by three metres deep.

“The dog ran out of the hole as they got closer to him.

“He was checked by …….

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