Five Lebanon Fire Department firefighters are in Santa Rosa, Calif. with the Linn/Benton Strike Team, aiding in the battle against wildfires that, at press time, had killed at least 31 people, with hundreds more missing, and burned some 3,000 buildings.
Strike Team members departed Wednesday, Oct. 11.
“They left in the middle of the night, drove 12 hours and were on the fire line a couple of hours later,” said LFD Chief Gordon Sletmoe.
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