1999 Jones Fire Anniversary
When:
Wednesday, 16 October 2019
Where:
Redding Area - Shasta County
Description:
At about 3 A.M. Oct. 16, 1999 a campfire near the Pit River Arm of Lake Shasta whipped by Diablo Winds spread to surrounding brush and raged over the hills to the south towards the Redding area and didn't stop until it had reached an area South of the Redding Airport. This fire was named the Jones Incident burned 26,202 acres, 954 structures which included 174 homes.
This fire contributed to the #LODD death of Firefighter/EMT Karen Savage of the Hawkins Bar Volunteer Fire Department. Karen and the other firefighters with her stopped at a support vehicle to get supplies near the town of Bella Vista, 8 mi from Redding. As she stepped up on the running board to hand supplies to other firefighters on the engine, the vehicle began to move. Firefighter Savage fell or jumped off balance from the engine and died under its rear wheels. Her partner, Bob Feezer, also a volunteer firefighter, was on the scene and witnessed the accident.
Source: https://wlfalwaysremember.org/incident-lists/52-karen-savage.html and others
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