An Altadena homeowner was reunited with the reserve deputy sheriff and civilian volunteer who saved his home from the Eaton Fire. The homeowner found a business card left by the rescuers and was astonished to find his home still standing after the fire.
An Altadena homeowner discovered a business card that led him to find the rescue team who had saved his home from the wildfire.
An Altadena homeowner was reunited Thursday with his"guardian angels" who saved his home from the Eaton Fire. The angels, Dan Paige, a reserve deputy sheriff, and Dimitry Lebko, a civilian volunteer with Altadena Mountain Rescue Team were called to action the night of the Eaton Fire to help evacuees. “We were pulling people out of wheelchairs, loading them in personal vehicles, loading them in our cars, just anything we could to get people out of here,” Paige said.
But, when they saw the fire approaching Steve Schklair’s home on Loma Alta Drive, they said their instincts took over. “I pulled a hose from this house and the neighboring house and started doing what I could to extinguish as much of the fire as we could,” Lebko said.Days later, Paige went back to the two homes he saved that night and left a note to express how happy he was to see the house still standing. “We evacuated to a motel. We're watching the news all night.
WILDFIRES RESCUE CALIFORNIA EATON FIRE HOMELESSNESS
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