Maury firefighters rescue dog trapped under cliff along Duck River

Members of the Maury County Fireplace Division have been dispatched to the distant banks of the Duck River early Monday morning and efficiently rescued a canine trapped alongside a steep embankment taller than most buildings within the area.

Captain Tommy Stanfill mentioned the canine, a coon hound named Angel, was trapped alongside the facet of the river below a 30 to 40-foot cliff inside the higher Yanahli Park space off Sowill Mill Pike and Rieves Bend Street east of Columbia.

Volunteer firefighters from three surrounding stations, No. 1, 10 and 12, have been dispatched to the scene after 12 p.m. as the division’s group of rope specialists led the rescue.

Firefighter Mikey Garcia repelled down the cliff and retrieved the animal earlier than the 2 have been raised to security.