Firefighters are trying to rescue five people from a beach trapped by high tide in Marin County.
The stranded hikers were first reported around 9 p.m.
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They were trapped just south of Muir Beach near the Pirate's Cove area.
Firefighters were waiting for the tide to go down before rescuing them.
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Rescuers had considered hoisting the hikers or retrieving them with jet skis, but those options were deemed too risky.