Two men in their 20s are dead after drowning Wednesday in Mahogany Lake in southeast Calgary.

The Calgary Fire Department said a call came in around 5 p.m. to reports of a possible drowning after bystanders reported seeing a man struggling in the water, then going under and not resurfacing.

The CFD aquatic rescue team quickly began searching the lake using divers and underwater cameras.

Volunteer scuba divers with the Southern Alberta Underwater Search Team were also called in to assist.

During the search, the belongings of another man were found in the beach area and it was determined that two men may have drowned.

Searchers eventually located and removed the bodies of two men from the lake, and were declared deceased by paramedics.

Mahogany Lake is one of several “community lakes

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