FITCHBURG — A local seven-year-old girl is recovering at Worcester’s UMass Memorial Medical Center Tuesday after being bitten Monday evening by a dog police believe was a pit bull.

The incident occurred just after 5 p.m. in the area of 77 Academy St., said Capt. Steven Giannini.

Giannini said the circumstances of the dog attack is still under investigation by the department and the city’s animal control officer Todd Pickett.

City Fire Chief Kevin Roy said the 7-year-old was bitten on her back and arms.

“She had some pretty good lacerations,” said Roy adding the wounds were not life-threatening.

Giannini said dog involved was taken into custody and placed into a 10-day quarantine to check for rabies.

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