Barking Dog Found Alive in Rubble 9 Days After Italy’s Quake

Barking Dog Found Alive in Rubble 9 Days After Italy’s Quake
Rescuers clear debris while searching for victims in damaged buildings in Arquata del Tronto, Italy, on Aug. 24, 2016. Giuseppe Bellini/Getty Images
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Firefighters told The Associated Press rescuers heard the dog bark as they were accompanying the pet’s owners to retrieve essential belongings from their quake-damaged home.

The Aug. 24 temblor claimed nearly 300 lives, injured hundreds and left thousands of people either without homes or with homes unsafe to immediately inhabit.