Firefighters are gaining ground on a wildfire burning near one of Mount Rainier’s most popular destinations, the Sunrise Visitor Center. The Grand Park 2 Fire has burned 167 acres and was 57% contained as of Monday, with 229 personnel assigned to the incident, according to fire officials. The fire started Aug. 7 about 3 miles north of the visitor center. The cause remains under investigation.

Larissa Bogardus, a public information officer with the Northwest 13 Incident Management Team, said the biggest challenge now is keeping the fire out of steep drainages nearby. “The big issue we’re up against now is keeping the fire out of the Huckleberry Creek drainage and the West Fork of the White River drainage,” Bogardus said. “Those are super steep slopes in there.”

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After a hiker fell down an embankment while on Mount Adams last week, a search and rescue team got some help from the U.S. Army to help the hiker off the mountain, Yakima County Sheriff’s Office deputies said.

According to the Yakima County Sheriff’s Office, in the early morning of August 11 deputies got a phone call from a hiker who had gotten lost on Mount Adams and needed help. Deputies said the hiker had been in the Southwest Chutes on the south side of the mountain when he fell down a 200-foot embankment. The hiker had gotten trapped on the embankment, having lost most of his gear during the fall.

YCSO officials said two search and rescue personnel teamed up, and a U.S. Army helicopter picked them up from the sheriff’s office. The team flew to the hiker, picked him up from the mountain, then flew him back to the sheriff’s office in Yakima. The hiker was safely reunited with family at the office.

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Harlingen city commissioners are proposing a $71.7 million general fund budget, including $4.5 million for a fire station.

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A pickup truck and a Chicago Fire Department truck collided, injuring four firefighters.

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An FDNY apparatus and a city bus collided Tuesday in the Bronx, injuring 19 people, including five firefighters and 14 civilians.

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