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Firefighters describe emotional toll of last year's California wildfires
Sac Bee ^
| 2/5/04
| Elliot Spagat - AP
Posted on 02/05/2004 11:36:41 AM PST by NormsRevenge
Edited on 04/12/2004 6:05:14 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) - Fire Chief Bill Clayton described to a crowd of firefighters his anguish as he doused water on the burning body of the only firefighter to die during last year's wildfires in southern California.
The fire killed Steven Rucker as he was trying to save a house on Oct. 29 near the town of Wynola. The blaze, called the Cedar fire, killed 14 people, destroyed 2,232 homes and charred more than 280,000 acres, making it the worst fire in California history.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: calgov2002; california; describe; emotionaltoll; enviralists; firefighters; wildfires
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posted on
02/05/2004 11:38:06 AM PST
by
NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge; Ace2U; Alamo-Girl; Alas; alfons; alphadog; amom; AndreaZingg; Anonymous2; ...
Rights, farms, environment ping.
Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from this list.
I don't get offended if you want to be removed.
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posted on
02/05/2004 11:44:06 AM PST
by
farmfriend
( Isaiah 55:10,11)
To: NormsRevenge
They'll never catch the arsonists, will they.
thanks for posting this -- those poor guys. Your heart really goes out to them.
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posted on
02/06/2004 6:23:29 PM PST
by
lainie
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