Learning from firefighter deaths
The Rogers fire chief suspects the California deaths will prompt more discussion of driving practices.
Posted: September 1, 2009 at 4:01 a.m.
Half a country away, among orange trees, red rocks and a smoke-filled sky, a vehicle careened off a road in California's Mount Gleason area Sunday afternoon. According to the Los Angeles Times, two firefighters in that vehicle died in the ensuing crash, en route to fight growing forest fires.
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