KOTA KINABALU: A team of firefighters rushed to the aid of a female daschund in distress, after the animal impaled itself on a metal spike while trying to wriggle through a gate at Taman Ria along Jalan Lintas here.

A representative from the Sabah Fire and Rescue Task Force Centre said a team of nine firemen from the Lintas station was deployed to the scene, located some 4km away, after a report was received at about 8.57am on Thursday (June 27).

"The dog's stomach was pierced by the spike as she tried to cross over the 1m-high gate.

"The team cut through the metal to rescue the animal.

"Her owner took her to the nearest veterinarian for treatment," the representative said.