Cal Fire rescues three people trapped in drainage pipe under border wall

Cal Fire rescues three people trapped in drainage pipe under border wall

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. 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 ex…

3 people found in drainage tube near US-Mexico Border, Cal Fire says

Rescue crews responded to an area near Otay Mesa Friday where three people attempting to illegally enter the U.S. needed to be removed from a drainage tube under the U.S.-Mexico border, according to U.S. Border Patrol. Cal Fire San Diego said their crews responded to an area called Tin Can Canyon, east of the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, for a call that came in around 7:50 a.m. When they arrived, they found three individuals inside the tube surround…

The rescue teams went to an area near Otay Mesa on Friday, where three people trying to illegally enter the U.S. were discovered inside a drainage pipe on the U.S.-Mexico border, US Border Patrol Cal Fire San Diego reported that their teams went to an area called Tin Can Canyon, east of the port of entry of Otay Mesa, responding to a call received around 7:50 a.m. Upon arrival, they found three people inside the tube surrounded by barbed wire, r…