By Michelle McNiel
The Wenatchee World
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Wash. — A fire truck was involved in a rollover accident while responding to a brush fire in rural Douglas County on Friday evening.
Douglas County Sheriff Harvey Gjesdal said the brush truck, a Ford F550, went off the road, struck a boulder and then rolled completely over. Two firefighters inside suffered minor injuries and were treated at the scene.
The accident happened just outside of Bridgeport, and the truck was from Douglas County Fire District 3 out of the Grand Coulee area.
Numerous fire agencies from Chelan and Douglas counties responded after a fire near the top of McNeil Canyon Road quickly went to a second alarm.
The fire was started from a combine harvesting wheat near the intersection of Road 13 NW and Highway 172, said Tyler Caille, chief of Douglas County Fire District 5.
Driven by wind, the blaze grew to 100 acres -- and came within a half mile of one home -- before it was contained around 7:30 p.m.
Responding agencies including Douglas County fire districts 1, 3, 4, 5, Chelan County fire districts 5 and 7, and Douglas-Okanogan Fire District 15. Douglas County Fire District 2 in East Wenatchee nd Chelan County Fire District 1 in Wenatchee had trucks enroute to the fire but were turned back.
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