Local firefighters mobilized for large wildfires
The strike team that included Moses Lake firefighters Nigel McNeill and Doug Presta takes a break from rehabbing a handline at the Gray fire west of Spokane to pose for a photo. McNeill wasn’t sure of the names of some of the other personnel, but he’s fifth from the left and Presta is at the far right.
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Flames turned the sky orange at the Oregon Road fire near the town of Elk north of Spokane. Moses Lake Firefighter Paramedic Rick Kelly and Probationary Firefighter Paramedic Gary Lebacken spent nine days mostly doing structure protection at the fire in August.
MOSES LAKE — It’s been a long, hot, smoky summer throughout the state. It seemed like every other day there was a new wildfire starting somewhere and air quality got pretty nasty sometimes. But for some local firefighters, it’s been even hotter and smokier.
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