NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – On Saturday, personnel with Cal Fire's Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit and Napa County Fire assisted with a rescue of a rock climber in the Table Scraps rock climbing area of Napa County.
Cal Fire reported that the climber – who was wearing a helmet at the time of the fall – fell approximately 20 feet at the rock climbing area on Mount St. Helena.
The emergency call was made to Cal Fire's St. Helena Emergency Command Center at approximately 1:21 p.m., authorities said.
Two state helicopters with crews, California Highway Patrol H32 and Cal Fire's Copter 104 from Boggs Mountain, assisted with the rescue, according to Cal Fire.
Fire and medic personnel hiked in to the incident area. Cal Fire said CHP's Copter H32 performed the patient hoist rescue and transported the patient to a local hospital. The rescue concluded just before 3 p.m.
Cal Fire did not have a condition update on the climber Saturday evening.
REGIONAL: Helicopters called in to rescue rock climber on Mount St. Helena
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