Two men charged after climbing in Toronto sewer

TORONTO, Ont. - Two Toronto men are facing mischief charges after allegedly climbing into a city sewer over the weekend.

Police were called after the two were spotted entering a sewer late Sunday night, in the Ossington Avenue and Dundas Street West area.

A HAZMAT team, firefighters and city works crews were all sent in after them, and four hours later the two were found and returned to the surface world.

Twenty-seven-year-old Michael Cook and 35-year-old Andrew Edmond were charged.

The two, who call themselves "urban explorers," run a website chronicling their exploits in Toronto's underground.

But it's unlikely they made fans of the emergency crews who had to find them at considerable expense to taxpayers -- not to mention the other, more important work they might have been doing.