Cal Fire personnel rescued three people Friday who were trapped in a drainage pipe underneath the U.S.-Mexico border wall near Otay Mesa, agency officials said.
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The fire agency received a report of people trapped around 7:45 a.m. near an area known as Tin Can Canyon, said Cal Fire Capt. Mike Cornette.
The three people had become trapped due to razor wire blocking one of the pipe’s outlets, Cornette said.
Fire personnel cut through the wire to extricate the three people from the pipe by 9 a.m. The people were then handed over to Border Patrol agents.
No major injuries were reported.
The Border Patrol did not immediately respond to a request for information.