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Lost ATV riders found safe after overnight search during blizzard near Halifax

HALIFAX – A group of people who got lost Saturday night while out on all-terrain vehicles during a fierce blizzard near Halifax were found safe today.

Police say officers received a 911 call around 1 a.m. about seven ATV riders who were lost in the Ragged Lake area with low fuel and cell phone battery.

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Halifax Ground Search and Rescue was called in to help locate the group, who had been out on their ATVs since 7 p.m.

Police say the group was separated at one point, but they eventually regrouped and sought refuge in a cabin equipped with a wood stove on Germans Island.

Search crews eventually located the cabin early Sunday.

The group was checked by emergency officials as a precaution.

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