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Two hornet-stung hikers rescued near Buntzen Lake

The pair had to be long-lined out by a helicopter
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Searchers rescued two hornet-stung hikers near Buntzen Lake Sunday. (Coquitlam SAR)

Two hikers were rescued from Buntzen Lake on Sunday afternoon after falling afoul of some hornets.

According to Coquitlam Search and Rescue, the pair stumbled into a hornets’ nest on the nearby Sendero Diez Vistas Trail Hike.

Searchers walked down the trail in the afternoon to find the stung hikers and attached long-lines to them before helicopters lifted the group out.


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