Eight people were rescued from Camelback Mountain after multiple members of their hiking group began suffering from heat-related illness Thursday afternoon, Phoenix fire officials said.
The women set off on a hike of the Echo Mountain Trail at around 7:00 a.m. on June 23, and eventually had to be rescued by Phoenix Fire officials amid the extreme heat. FOX 10's Brian Webb reports.Eight people were rescued from Camelback Mountain after multiple members of their hiking group began suffering from heat-related illness Thursday afternoon,A women's church group had reportedly started hiking Echo Canyon Trail at around 7:00 a.m. for a retreat.
"I started getting really, really dizzy, and after a while, I just said ‘no, I can’t do this,’" Tatiana Robinson recounted.
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