{"id":167659,"date":"2026-04-16T16:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T16:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/167659\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T16:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T16:02:08","slug":"firefighters-rescue-dog-owner-from-steep-quarry-in-berks-county-nbc10-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/167659\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefighters rescue dog, owner from steep quarry in Berks County \u2013 NBC10 Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A dog and its owner were rescued by firefighters after being found 60 feet down a steep quarry in Berks County, Pennsylvania. <\/p>\n<p>The Blandon Fire Department shared in a news release that around 11:45 a.m. on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, crews were dispatched to the 1300 block of Pleasant Hill Road after receiving a report of a dog trapped in a quarry. <\/p>\n<p>When crews arrived on scene, officials said they found the dog and its owner 60 feet down a steep quarry. <\/p>\n<p>Due to limited access and terrain, officials said crews determined a rope rescue was the best option. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled-design-18.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Credit: Blandon Fire Department<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A tree was utilized as a secure anchor point, and crews set up a twin tension rope system. A rescuer was lowered to the dog and owner, where a bridle was placed on the canine using an Anderson Rescue Solutions, LLC MLRS and it was integrated into the rope system alongside the rescuer,&#8221; officials wrote. <\/p>\n<p>After 45 minutes, officials said the team was able to successfully bring both the dog and it&#8217;s owner safely to the top. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled-design-17.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tBlandon Fire DepartmentBlandon Fire Department<\/p>\n<p>Credit: Blandon Fire Department<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A dog and its owner were rescued by firefighters after being found 60 feet down a steep quarry&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[349,4615,28,30,29],"class_list":{"0":"post-167659","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pennsylvania","8":"tag-berks-county","9":"tag-critter-corner","10":"tag-pennsylvania","11":"tag-pennsylvania-headlines","12":"tag-pennsylvania-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}