UPDATE: 3 hikers missing since Sunday found safe

Emergency officials searching for three missing hikers.
Emergency officials searching for three missing hikers.

UPDATE: Officials say the missing hikers have been located and are safe.

The hikers are safe. One was able to get a cellular signal and made a call out.

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ORIGINAL STORY: Emergency responders are actively searching a section of Big Soddy Creek Gulf for three hikers who have been missing in the area since yesterday.

The search for two men and a woman who came to hike the trail yesterday could cover 18 to 20 square miles today, authorities at the beginning of the trail said.

Soddy-Daisy Fire Chief Mike Guffey said the trio are avid hikers and climbers who are well familiar with the area, but one is diabetic and authorities are unsure if he has medicine with him.

He also said the search is hampered by rough terrain heat. At 11 a.m. an ATV could be seen being trucked onto the trail. This is a developing story.

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