The nonprofit, Los Angeles County Firemen's Benefit and Welfare Association is asking for community help for the 11 firefighters on duty that night who lost countless personal items as well as special equipment.
There's an effort underway to help firefighters at Huntington Park Fire Station 164 after their firehouse was left with massive damage from a May 1 fire.The nonprofit, Los Angeles County Firemen's Benefit and Welfare Association is asking for community help for the 11 firefighters on duty that night who lost countless personal items as well as special equipment.
'Firefighters of this community carry a lot of specific gear, a lot of that specific gear isn't provided by the fire department, a lot of that stuff was lost that morning.'On the fundraising site, Bernau said the night of the fire, the crew had just returned from an arson fire nearby. They were unwinding in the station when a passerby noticed fire in the building and rang the front doorbell to alert the firefighters.
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