All hikers safe after being trapped by wildfires in Oregon

HOOD RIVER, Ore. — All of the hikers forced to spend the night in the mountains east of Portland, Oregon, after wildfires trapped them have made it down the trail to safety.

The Hood River County Sheriff's Office said Sunday the final group has left the Wahtum Lake area at the bottom of the trail and were headed by bus to meet with their friends and family.

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Deputy Joel Ives says all of the hikers were accounted for.

Ives says one hiker was taken out by ambulance for exhaustion and dehydration.

The U.S. Forest Service says the wildfire was human-caused and is under investigation by the Oregon State Police.

More than 100 hikers in Oregon were awaiting rescue Sunday after they were forced to shelter in place on a popular trail about 90 miles (144 kilometers) east of Portland because of wildfires.

The Oregonian/OregonLive reported the hikers were still awaiting rescue early Sunday morning as the fire near Eagle Creek Trail grows.

About 140 hikers were forced to spend the night outside near Tunnel Falls after a fire broke out near the Columbia River Gorge trail.

Mountain Wave dropped supplies to the hikers.

See images below from Francene Grewe, Sannye Trent Phillips Sestric and Kristen Sarrge Lillvik. Click on the post and scroll through for individual photo attribution.

Associated Press