{"id":306515,"date":"2026-05-08T20:12:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T20:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/306515\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T20:12:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T20:12:53","slug":"fresno-firefighters-rescue-stranded-dog-from-roeding-park-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/306515\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno Firefighters Rescue Stranded Dog From Roeding Park Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A dog stranded on a small island in a man-made lake at Fresno\u2019s Roeding Park got a helping hand from firefighters Friday morning after animal control officers called for assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters from Fresno Fire Department Station 19 responded shortly after 10 a.m. to the park near Playland, where the dog had become stuck on the island.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily for the pup, the crew assigned to Station 19 also serves on Fresno Fire\u2019s Water Rescue Team.<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/contact\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280\u00d790-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280x90-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"   width=\"1280\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Using one of the park\u2019s boats, firefighters rowed across the lake, reached the island, and safely brought the dog back to shore.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-246690 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Fresno-firefighters-save-a-dog-on-Friday-May-8-2026.-Fresno-FD-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Fresno firefighters save a dog on Friday, May 8, 2026. (Fresno FD)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"  \/>Fresno firefighters save a dog on Friday, May 8, 2026. (Fresno FD)<\/p>\n<p>The dog was turned over to the Fresno Animal Center, where officials hope it can be reunited with its owner or adopted into a new home.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Connect with\u00a0\u00a0on social media. Got a tip? Send an\u00a0.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A dog stranded on a small island in a man-made lake at Fresno\u2019s Roeding Park got a helping&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306516,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-306515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}