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“He will be missed. He wasn't there long, but he was a good trooper and there will be a big void to fill now.”
Wayne Beighle
“The training we receive does not prepare you for something like this. But there is a brotherhood there, among law enforcement officers, and this loss is going to be tough to handle.”
“You can see we have a big, big problem, and the weather's not cooperating. The winds are relentless.”
“You can call that a bullet dodged.”
“It burned into a previously burned area. It's not a big concern right now.”
“It quickly spread into a residential area. Luckily we had a helicopter that was stationed here. ... That was a very high priority fire, so they threw everything that they had at it really quickly.”