Watch: Firefighters in R.I. rescue yellow Lab who fell through the ice

Volunteers reported arriving within minutes and locating the dog struggling in the water, unable to move.

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A yellow Lab named Phoenix rose from the ashes — or at least the ice — after falling into a frozen pond in Rhode Island on New Year’s Day, necessitating an ice rescue from local firefighters.

The Misquamicut Fire Department and the Westerly Ambulance Corps, Inc., along with the Westerly Police Department, were dispatched to Little Masachaug Pond off Atlantic Avenue for a water rescue just before 9 a.m. on Jan. 1…

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