Before departing for Rancho Cucamonga it was hard not to notice the ado outside my window from the fleet of fire trucks and other emergency vehicles speeding by with lights flashing and sirens blaring. As I peered around the corner I could see the smoke, which prompted my grandson David to urge me to walk down the street to see what was going on.
As we walked towards the flashing lights a neighbor said he thought it was a brush fire at the side of the 210 Freeway, behind the house. Once we neared the heavy smoke we could see it was a home on fire and not a brush fire as suspected by my neighbor.
The firemen acted quickly and had the flames out as we arrived, we watched the firemen cut away a portion of the roof with a chainsaw, to completely extinguish the fire.
It’s nice to know we have such great protection from the San Dimas Fire Department, great job men.
Unfortunately the owner of the home ran back into the smoke and flames to save his pet bird, and collapsed and died once outside. The San Gabriel Valley Tribune has the most extensive coverage.
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