UPDATE: No one found in storm drain in Lower Valley
Jan 25, 2025
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- The El Paso Fire Department and Customs and Border Protection agents found no one in a Lower Valley storm drain after being called out on a potential confined space rescue mission on Saturday evening, Jan. 25, El Paso Fire said.
El Paso Fire and CBP received reports a little after 5:15 p.m. Saturday of an "unknown amount of individuals" in a storm drain at 797 S. Zaragoza off the Border Highway. Rescue crews believed there might be people trapped in the drain.
The mission was called off at around 6:30 p.m. when first responders entered the tunnel and found no one. No one needed to be transported in the incident.
The scene was turned over to Border Patrol.