Saturday emergencies

A hiker required the help Saturday of Oconee County rescuers and other emergency responders north of Walhalla. Grahl Haney of county Emergency Services said there was a large response to the aid of an ill hiker in the vicinity of Big Ben and the Chattooga River off highway 107. The hiker was part of a small group of adventurers who spent Friday night outdoors. Earlier Saturday, a fire damaged part of a shop building on Piney Bluff Lane near the Coffee Road.