Six cows rescued after falling into underground slurry pit in Dorset

Six cows have been rescued by firefighters from an underground slurry pit in Dorset.

They were trapped for more than two hours yesterday afternoon, after falling through an inspection cover at the farm near Tolpuddle.

A spokesperson for Dorchester Fire Station said:

"Once in attendance crews got to work by sending two personnel into the pit to attach strops around the cows and with the help from farm machinery we were able to safely remove the cows.

"Throughout this incident we had gas monitors in the pit to make sure there were no dangerous gases present."

All six cows were safely rescued and were unharmed.

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