ST. PETERSBURG, September 16 (Itar-Tass) —— Seven teenagers who lost their way in the woods of the Leningrad region are found; their condition is satisfactory, the Novgorod regional emergency situations department told Itar-Tass.

The department said the teenagers were lost close to the administrative border of the Leningrad and Novgorod regions.

Rescuers were informed at 11:55 p.m. Moscow time on Saturday that seven minors, aged from 13 to 17, were missing in a forest near Vasilkovo, Kirishi district of the Leningard region. All of them lived in Chudovo, Novgorod region, and came to the Leningrad region to take part in a tourist gathering.

The police, rescuers of both regions and local residents searched for the missing. A helicopter of the emergency situations department of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region traced the teenagers at 10:50 a.m. Moscow time and brought them to the Kirishi district police station.