Firefighters in Maryland responded to a home to rescue a "fairly large, fluffy" dog that fell into a construction hole in its family's back yard.

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Pete Piringer, spokesman for the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service, said in a Twitter post that crews responded to a home on Kersey Road on a report of a "fairly large, fluffy family dog" trapped in a construction hole.

Piringer said the rescue lasted for about an hour.

The dog was not injured.