Puppies saved from sewer near razed New Castle, Pa., building

NEW CASTLE, Pa. (AP) — A demolition crew and some firefighters have rescued five puppies from a storm sewer at a burned-out plant.

Workers with Duane Hambrick Co. say a pit bull has been hanging around the site of the former Shenango China plant which burned June 28. On Wednesday, the dog began approaching the workers and they figured out why after learning her pups had fallen down a storm drain.

Hambrick’s demolition crew called firefighters who spent hours dropping hamburgers and other food into the sewer, hoping to coax the puppies to openings where they could be rescued. They even shooed the pups toward one manhole by spraying a hose into another.

The five rescued puppies, and five other found at the plant, have been adopted along with their mother, including at least one by firefighter who helped rescued them.