Two horses that were trapped in the mud for several hours in Lebanon, Connecticut, were freed by dozens of people Saturday.

Firefighters first got a call about the animals in a swampy area behind a farm about 2. p.m., the Lebanon Volunteer Fire Department wrote on Facebook.

Fire officials said they were able to shuttle in a slew of vehicles as well as 40 people who arrived with ropes, wood, saws, plywood, rescue equipment, vet supplies, food and water.

They cleared a roadway and established a makeshift bridge and when the Durham Animal Response Team arrived, the animals were rolled out of the waist-deep mud onto a sled device, NBC Connecticut reported.

The animals were not injured during the five-hour ordeal.

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