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Lawyer with firetruck helps fight Okanogan fires
KHQ TV (Spokane) ^ | 8/21/2015

Posted on 08/21/2015 9:02:55 PM PDT by llevrok

OKANOGAN COUNTY, Wash. - People in Okanogan might never know it, but Alex Thomason might have saved their home.

Like so many others, Alex is out fighting every flame he sees, but he's not a firefighter, per se. In fact, he's a lawyer. He bought a firetruck two days ago and took a mini course, and now he's out fighting fires.

It's not just fire hoses he uses to fight flames. He also dig fire lines.

Call him crazy, other people definitely have.

"My wife thinks I'm crazy," Thomason says.

But he's not the only one. In fact, he's got a whole crew of guys he met through Facebook. It's something he feels obligated to do for his neighbors.

So if you live in Okanogan and find yourself wondering how your home was saved from fire all around it, it might have just been luck, or it might have been this lawyer looking out for you.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: washington; wildfire
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Great story as a HUGE part of Eastern Washington is under wild fire siege

1 posted on 08/21/2015 9:02:55 PM PDT by llevrok
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To: Baynative

WA state ping


2 posted on 08/21/2015 9:03:32 PM PDT by llevrok (To liberals, Treason Is the New Patriotism)
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To: llevrok

Great story. Thumbs up. Even more amazing that he is a lawyer willing to help people. All the lawyers around here do is sit around trying to figure out who has money that they can encourage someone to sue.


3 posted on 08/21/2015 9:13:25 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchaned our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
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To: llevrok

BLM not letting it burn down?


4 posted on 08/21/2015 9:14:48 PM PDT by the_daug
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To: llevrok

Of course God bless him but if you’re going to go out and screw around with big fire you may want to take more than a mini course.


5 posted on 08/22/2015 5:26:24 AM PDT by TalBlack (Evil doesn't have a day job...)
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There are so many fires the trained professionals are spread too thin. A couple of days ago three firefighters died and a fourth is in the hospital. The people in charge are conducting these “mini-courses” for people that want to help. Farmers with tractors plowing break lines, etc.


6 posted on 08/22/2015 8:02:51 AM PDT by Oorang (Tyranny thrives where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
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