Firefighters quickly responded after the military jet crash ignited a wildfire in the surrounding vegetation on the south side of the Rimrock Lake.

Firefighters quickly responded after the military jet crash ignited a wildfire in the surrounding vegetation on the south side of the Rimrock Lake.

The pilot was taken to a hospital with unspecified injuries. The crash sparked a brush fire, the Naches Fire Department said.

A pilot survived after a fighter jet crashed into a mountain Saturday afternoon in Yakima County, Washington, sparking a wildfire, officials said.

A US military F/A-18 fighter jet crashed near Rimrock Lake in Washington state on Saturday, igniting a wildfire and sending a thick plume of black smoke into the sky.

A US Marine Corps fighter pilot sustained minor injuries after his jet crashed into a mountain in Washington state on Saturday, triggering a wildfire, authorities said.

A United States fighter jet has gone down near Rimrock Lake, a popular recreation area in Washington state with thick black smoke seen billowing by horrified witnesses