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Four hikers were rescued from the British Columbia wildfires using the iPhone’s Emergency SOS feature.

The CBC is reporting that the women stranded by the wildfires while camping were safely rescued by a search and rescue helicopter team after successfully contacting help by sending a satellite text message.

Despite reduced visibility due to heavy smoke, the rescuers were able to reach the hikers who were found “exactly where the cellphone ping said they were.”

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