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Feisty dog bites firefighter rescuing him from California overpass, officials say

A small dog stranded on an overpass ledge over Interstate 105 in El Segundo, California, bit a firefighter who rescued it using a ladder, officials said.
A small dog stranded on an overpass ledge over Interstate 105 in El Segundo, California, bit a firefighter who rescued it using a ladder, officials said. El Segundo Fire Department

A dog stranded on an overpass ledge on Interstate 105 in Southern California wasn’t exactly overjoyed when a firefighter scaled a ladder to rescue it, officials said.

The feisty dog bit the firefighter several times as he descended after plucking it off the ledge, the El Segundo Fire Department reported on Facebook.

One photo shows the firefighter on the firetruck’s ladder scooping up the dog, while another shows the wary canine in the back seat of a vehicle after being rescued.

“You never know what kind of call you’re going to respond to when the tones go off!” firefighters wrote.

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This story was originally published December 27, 2021 at 1:15 PM with the headline "Feisty dog bites firefighter rescuing him from California overpass, officials say."

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Don Sweeney
The Sacramento Bee
Don Sweeney has been a newspaper reporter and editor in California for more than 35 years. He is a service reporter based at The Sacramento Bee.
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