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Video from mid-February released by Caltrans shows the State Road 27 between Pacific Coast Highway and Grand View Drive completely covered in mud, rock and debris prior to excavation.

The agency met its deadline despite the winter’s biggest storm, which prompted some mud flows and flash floods in the Eaton fire area and forced the closure of some parts of Pacific Coast Highway.

“Now you only want to talk about the good times, but when TMZ runs into you randomly on the street, that’s the time when you want to drag our names through the mud,” Fishel stated.

Officials say 43 of them managed to come out safely but efforts to reach the remaining eight men have faced repeated setbacks due to loose soil, mud and slush inside the tunnel.

Cases of liver fluke, which is transmitted through mud snails, have been rising over the long term.