Local people teamed up with firemen in rural Romania to free a lost dog that became trapped in a frozen river in a dangerous four hour rescue operation.

The dog was reported as a missing pet for several weeks before being found yesterday (January 9) trapped in the frozen Someș river, close to the village of Petrești, near Dej in northern Romania.

A local man together with his brother-in-law spotted the dog in distress and tried to row out on the frozen river to rescue it, but were stopped and one nearly drowned after their boat was holed by the ice.

They then contacted the Fire Department in the city of Dej who freed the dog with shovels and another boat after it had spent at least four hours stuck in the icy water.

The dog then escaped from the firemen and continued on its journey.

A lost dog, run away from home for three weeks, was found in the cold waters of river Someș, near city of Dej in Romania.
He was found by a local man, who tried to save him, toghether with his brother in law. For two hours the 2 men tried to save the dog, with the help of a floated boat, but that boat was cut by the ice, and one of them nearly drown. They called the Fire Department in Dej for help, and the firefighters rescued the dog after another two hours. The dog stayed in the icy waters for 4 hours.
The firefighters broke the ice whit a shovel for about 2 hours trying to get to the dog. They throw him a rope to catch him, an in the end they managed to put the rope around his head and pull him in the boat.