Firefighters taken to ER, VDOT Bridge Over Troubled Railroad and the Number of the Day

It’s Wednesday, July 31. Here are five things you need to know. Tell us what we need to know on the Patch message board!

2. You Said It: “Sorry, but girls are way less likely to commit vandalism and theft like this, especially in rural areas.” — A reader committing on the theft of a metal rooster that was decorating a mailbox stand in the Bristow area. The owner said the mailbox had to have been ripped from the ground to steal the rooster.

3. ICYMI: Take a look at this Sumner Lake home in our 'Wow' feature story.

4. Number of the Day: 3. That’s the number of firefighters taken to the emergency room when their fire engine crashed, rolling onto its side in route to a reported house fire Monday morning. They were released Monday evening. The fire they were trying to reach was minor and handled by a second unit.

5.The oldest recorded eruption of Mount Fuji was on July 31, 781. Recently, a dog was rescued on the peak of Mount Fuji after spending weeks living on scraps. No word on identifying an owner.