Riverside County Urban Search and Rescue and hazardous materials teams were headed to Banning, near the Morongo Reservation, this evening to rescue someone who was trapped inside a storm drain but it turned out they were not needed.
The teams responded at 5:20 p.m. to the 800 block of East Hoffer Street, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.
It turned out the patient self-extricated from the storm drain, fire officials said. No injuries were suffered.