{"id":304495,"date":"2025-10-15T04:59:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T04:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/304495\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T04:59:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T04:59:13","slug":"phoenix-fire-crews-rescue-hiker-stray-dog-stranded-on-shadow-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/304495\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix Fire crews rescue hiker, stray dog stranded on Shadow Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\"><b>PHOENIX (AZFamily)<\/b> \u2014Phoenix Fire rescuers say they helped save a hiker and reunite a lost dog with its owner, both found atop a mountain in north Phoenix Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Phoenix Fire officials said the department\u2019s technical rescue teams responded to Shadow Mountain, near 26th Street and Cactus Road, around 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Video posted on social media showed firefighters actively making their way up the mountain with the help of the Phoenix Firebird helicopter. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Not long afterward, rescuers met up with a man who said he found a lost dog near the summit. The man said he needed help getting off the mountain as it was dark outside and firefighters safely walked down both him and the dog.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">The dog and its owners have since been reunited. No one was hurt.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Firefighters have safely walked down and hiker and a dog after they could not descend the mountain due to lighting issues. The hiker stated he found a lost dog on the trail with no owners present. The dog and owners were reunited at the base of the mountain. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T6s4sw2Wsb\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/T6s4sw2Wsb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Phoenix Fire Dept. (@PHXFire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PHXFire\/status\/1978308819550679147?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"correction | article-correction\">clarification: Phoenix Fire officials initially reported several hikers were missing. This story has been updated. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/page\/send-us-your-feedback\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Please click here to report it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Do you have a photo or video of a breaking news story? Send <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/community\/user-content\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">it to us here<\/a> with a brief description.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2025 KTVK\/KPHO. 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