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Local firefighters helping battle LA blazes
LA fire Serpa
Former Ceres Fire Battalion Chief Jeff Serpa, now a Modesto Fire Battalion Chief, snapped this photo of a burning Altadena neighborhood last week. Serpa and his strike team of 20 drove to Los Angeles County to help fight wind-driven urban firestorms. - photo by Contributed to the Courier
A strike team of about 20 firefighters from Modesto and throughout Stanislaus County were summoned to battle the Eaton Fire in Los Angeles County which has inflicted historic devastation to residences and businesses in Altadena.