WASHINGTON — Almost seven hours after getting stuck in a pipe near Montgomery Blair High School in Maryland, a nine-week-old…

WASHINGTON — Almost seven hours after getting stuck in a pipe near Montgomery Blair High School in Maryland, a nine-week-old Pomeranian puppy was freed by Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service.

The rescue mission began around 6:30 p.m. Saturday night when a woman asked firefighters for help near Blair High School.

Mongtomery County Fire’s Pete Piringer says a nine-week-old puppy fell into a pipe and got stuck. Rescuers brought in heavy machinery to dig around the pipe. Medics fed some food and oxygen to the puppy who was more than 10 feet below ground inside the six inch pipe.

Around 1:30 a.m. Sunday, the Pomeranian puppy was finally and successfully rescued. But the lengthy ordeal was frequently updated throughout Saturday night on Twitter by Piringer.

About 7hrs after getting stuck a pipe near MoCo Blair HS, a 9wk-old Pomeranian puppy was freed by #mcfrs pic.twitter.com/ugCDsgPTr1 — Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) April 19, 2015

U/D – a Silver Spring dog owner anxiously awaits for her puppy to be retrieved from pipe by #mcfrs tech rescue crews pic.twitter.com/ISKZr6w03E — Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) April 19, 2015

#mcfrs Technical Rescue crews have stabilized the trench area & will begin to work on pipe in order to get dog out pic.twitter.com/KElmhRY0Aa — Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) April 19, 2015

#mcfrs Collapse & Trench Rescue crews carefully prep site for extraction of puppy stuck in 6″ pipe, 10-12′ deep pic.twitter.com/3qxLqP7FIx — Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) April 19, 2015

Update – Dog Rescue – puppy has eaten & is being provided O2, still stuck, a trench rescue plan is being implemented pic.twitter.com/e3zaRrm4Og — Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) April 19, 2015