Volunteers Respond to Feed Tucannon Fire Crews

DAYTON – The Columbia County Department of Emergency Management put out an "all call" for volunteers late Saturday evening to help feed more than 100 firefighters working on the Tucannon Fire 20 miles east of here.

"We had a wonderful response," said Emergency Management Director Lisa Caldwell. "Dayton Mercantile opened their doors especially for us, and we went shopping." Steve's Grocery owners also opened their store for the shoppers.

Thirteen volunteers showed up at 11:30 p.m. at the Columbia County Fire District 3 station on Patit Road to help. According to Caldwell, the group assembled 289 sack lunches, which contained a total of 639 sandwiches. The meals were completed by 2 a.m. and delivered to the fire line before 7 a.m.