#Update Confined space animal rescue. Horse was sedated and extricated from the pit. Vet one scene evaluating the horse DT0720 *TA pic.twitter.com/98wshoOEZL— Baltimore County Fire Department (@BaltCoFire) August 14, 2025
Firefighters in Maryland came to the rescue of a horse that attempted to walk over a wooden plank Thursday morning and ended up stuck in a hole about 8-10 feet deep.
The Baltimore County Fire Department said on social media that rescue crews responded to a property on Hanover Road on Thursday morning when “a horse walked over a wooden plank which gave way [and] fell into [an] 8-10 foot pit.”
Firefighters teamed up with the Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services’ Special Ops crew to form a rescue planm.
The equine was sedated, and rescuers ended up borrowing a crane from a local towing company to hoist the horse out of the hole.
Animal rescue #Final-Update. #BCoFD & Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services Special Ops safely extricated the horse @ 9:36am with crane assistance from a local tow company. Horse is now in care of a Vet. Approx. 30 Fire Dept. personnel were on scene. *TA pic.twitter.com/PGRadaNwUI— Baltimore County Fire Department (@BaltCoFire) August 14, 2025
The horse did not appear to be injured, but was placed in the care of a veterinarian while it recovered from the sedative.
