Linn County’s Strike Team 10 enters its second week assisting with California wildfires, one of 15 strike teams from Oregon mobilized last Friday.
Crews have been busy finding human remains in what's left of the city of Paradise and running line and putting out fires in nearby areas. It's arduous, tiring work, but there have also been some successes.
According to information relayed back to the Lebanon Fire District, the Lebanon Engine 34 crew was asked Wednesday afternoon by Captain Brad Williams of the Modoc County Sheriff’s Posse to extinguish a burning safe found in his brother’s house.
The team said they could not only extinguish the fire, but open the safe as well. Using axes and extrication tools, the team popped open the safe’s door in front of some 10 onlookers.