Firefighter Loses Home to Save Town in Park Fire

Published on August 15, 2024

Johnathan Tehan and his family were on a camping trip about six and a half hours from home when the Park Fire in Northern California started in July. He received a notice about the fire and began communicating with his fellow firefighters back home on the hills of Cohasset. After more discussion and weather assessment, they determined that the fire was dangerous. “My family wanted to come over, and I personally didn’t want the kids to have to come over and leave vacation and stare at our town burning down,” Tehan told The Epoch Times. “So I waited for everybody to go to sleep because they made it very clear to me they were going to come with me if I left. … I kind of snuck out in the middle of the night when everyone was asleep.”...

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