Northern California’s Park Fire has forced thousands of people to evacuate. When one resident’s truck broke down in the mad dash to escape, forcing them to leave behind both the vehicle, two dogs and their litter of puppies behind, one emergency responder stepped up to save them.
The Park Fire broke out on July 24 after police said a man pushed a burning car into a gully. The car quickly sparked a blaze that has turned into one of the largest wildfires in state history and that within hours of its ignition forced thousands of people to evacuate the area north of Sacramento.
It was amid those “frantic” evacuations, police say, that one resident’s truck “became disabled” while they were attempting to leave a remote area above Cohasset. The Butte County Sheriff’s Office said the resident was forced to leave their truck behind – with two adult Rottweilers and their puppies. The owner provided responders with the location of the truck, but the fire had already blocked access to it.