Los Angeles County firefighters rescued two people stuck in a drainage canal tunnel near Clark Avenue and East Del Amo Boulevard in Lakewood, officials said.

First responders received multiple calls at around 2 p.m. about two people possibly in a drainage tunnel or in a manhole, spokesman Austin Bennett said. When they got there, they found a man and woman in danger, one in the water in the canal and the other underground in a manhole but out of the water.

Members of the LA County Fire and Long Beach Fire Department swift water rescue team along a drainage canal near Del Almo Boulevard and Clark Avenue, where a man and a woman were rescued out of manhole, after they were caught in rising water during heavy rain Wednesday afternoon. The man and the woman were treated and released. Thursday, March 12, 2020. Photo by Stephen Carr.

Rescuers got them out at about 4:15 p.m. Their condition is unknown, but no one was taken to a hospital, officials said.

Firefighters are still unsure how exactly the two people got there, but suspect it may have been via a drainage canal. Long Beach has received about an inch of rain since 11 a.m. Thursday morning, according to the National Weather Service.

Firefighters were using two helicopters with swimmers and an Urban Search and Rescue team to rescue the two, Bennett said.

Editor’s note: This story has been updated. 

An LA County Sherrifs helicopter hovers as members of the LA County Fire and Long Beach Fire Department swift water rescue team wait at the ready along a drainage canal near Del Almo Boulevard and Clark Avenue, where a man and a woman were rescued out of manhole, after they were caught in rising water during heavy rain Wednesday afternoon. The man and the woman were treated and released. Thursday, March 12, 2020. Photo by Stephen Carr.
Members of the LA County Fire and Long Beach Fire Department swift water rescue team wait at the ready, at the opening of a bridge at a drainage canal near Del Almo Boulevard and Clark Avenue, where a man and a woman were rescued out of manhole, after they were caught in rising water during heavy rain Wednesday afternoon. The man and the woman were treated and released. Thursday, March 12, 2020. Photo by Stephen Carr.
Members of the LA County Fire and Long Beach Fire Department swift water rescue team at the opening of a bridge at a drainage canal near Del Almo Boulevard and Clark Avenue, where a man and a woman were rescued out of manhole, after they were caught in rising water during heavy rain Wednesday afternoon. The man and the woman were treated and released. Thursday, March 12, 2020. Photo by Stephen Carr.

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