27-01-2025
Killeen firefighters return home from California
KILLEEN, Texas (FOX 44) – Three Killeen Fire personnel are returning to Killeen following a two-week deployment to Los Angeles County, where they assisted crews with wildfire coverage causing 200,000 people to be placed on evacuation orders.
The city says Killeen Firefighters Jason Wuest, Marcus Stillwell and Chris Poston are due to arrive back in Killeen at 5p.m. Monday. They will return to the Central Fire Station, located at 201 South 28th Street.
The Killeen FD team deployed to LA to staff a fire engine as a part of an Emergency Management Assistance Compact request. This is a part of a national mutual aid system connected with the Texas Division of Emergency Management agency.
At least four major wildfires began to burn across Los Angeles County on January 7. At least 28 people did not survive. Each fire is at least 90 percent contained, but covered nearly 50,000 acres. At least 20,000 structures have been destroyed.
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