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VASCO
A Vasco fire brigade on Monday evening rescued a rabid dog trapped in the column of an oil tank at an oil tanking company in Vasco.
According to reports, the stray dog got trapped in the column at the top of larger fuel tank after it climbed the stairs of the tanks to reach the top.
However, despite a heavy presence of security forces and surveillance cameras, the incident went unnoticed till the dog was noticed trapped in the column of the tanks which is around 20 mtrs in height.
Sources informed that the dog was infected with rabies.
When contacted, the Vasco fire services said they received a call from the tanking company at around 4.15 pm and a team led by Dilip Bicholkar, station fire officer, S C Veilp driver operator, firefighters Tushar Bandodkar, Ritesh Naik, Shailesh Dhuri and Amrut Mirashi rushed to the site and rescued the stray dog within 15 minutes.
