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The Metropolitan Fire Service (MFS) in Adelaide says it is worrying that two girls lost in a stormwater drain raised the alert on a social networking site rather than ringing triple-0.

The 10- and 12-year-old girls updated a Facebook status to say they were lost in a drain on Honeypot Road at Hackham in Adelaide’s southern suburbs on Sunday night

Of course, had this been posted on twitter, it would probably be something like:

Help!! I’m stuck in a drain. Hurt badly. I think my leg is broken. I’m not sure how much longer I can stay down here. You can find me at