TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A helicopter crashed in Washington state close to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, the U.S. Army stated Thursday. There was no quick phrase of how many individuals had been aboard and their situations.
The helicopter crashed at about 9 p.m. Wednesday close to the bottom, an Army official stated in an announcement.
“This stays a growing state of affairs, and no extra particulars can be found at the moment,” the assertion stated. No particulars had been launched in regards to the helicopter.
The bottom is about 10 miles (16 kilometers) south of Tacoma beneath the jurisdiction of the U.S. Army Joint Base Headquarters.
The Thurston County sheriff’s workplace, primarily based in Olympia, posted on-line late Wednesday that deputies had been dispatched to stories of a attainable helicopter crash within the Summit Lake space, west of Olympia.
“We have now been suggested that the army misplaced contact with a helicopter within the space,” the division stated. It stated it was working with the bottom and that no additional particulars had been obtainable.
Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders stated on Fb that deputies situated the crash web site, “however have been unable to proceed rescue efforts because the scene is on hearth.”
The King County Guardian 1 helicopter and particular operation rescue items responded to the crash web site, the sheriff stated.
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