Three girls rescued from 200m stormwater drain

Three teenage girls have had to be rescued from a storm drain after getting caught in the 200m long passage on the Gold Coast.

The tunnel the girls were stuck in. Photo: 9 News Gold Coast

THREE teenage girls have had to be rescued by emergency services after getting stuck in a storm drain on the Gold Coast.

The girls had got into the drain in Pimpama after school and became stuck in the 200m long passage.

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Officers and family reuniting after the girls were brought out of the drain. Photo: 9 News Gold Coast

Channel 9 reported that the three girls were exploring the tunnel before one of them became claustrophobic.

A call was made to emergency services at around 3:25pm.

A police officer was first on scene and entered the drain, crawling through the tunnel and calming the girls.

Police officer Benjamin Reeve told Channel 9, “the dog squad officer did a fantastic job locating them, it was crawl space only so he couldn’t stand up,” Mr Reeve said.

Firefighters were at the scene around 3:50pm and had the trio out by 4:15pm.

A QFES spokesman said firefighters opened a grate to the drain and used a ladder to help the three girls escape.

They were reunited with their families just after.