Video from the station showed residents who had refused evacuation orders hosing down their homes and sealing exterior events to block embers.
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Tim Stelloh,
NBC News,
23 Jan. 2025
Eventually, a nearby firefighter battling the blaze — shown dressed in gear from head to toe and holding a hose spraying water on a burning home — calls the scared dog up to them and calms the pet down by patting it on the head, while still hosing down the home with their other hand.
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