Dog rescued from inside ACT power pole

Curiosity may have killed the cat but it almost got the better of a dog that lodged itself inside a concrete power pole in the ACT.

Chief the bulldog was stuck between a rock and a hard place on Tuesday morning after crawling inside the high-voltage pole in Conder, prompting firies to rush to its rescue.

They used fibre-optic cameras to locate and free him, allowing Chief to get himself out of a tricky spot.

"Chief the 3 year-old bulldog has wriggled himself free of the pole in which he was stuck!" ACT emergency services said in a statement.