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Rookie firefighter sees own house burn in CO wildfires
Watched it burn while she went out to protect Estes Park. Even with yesterday's political news, hope springs eternal with young folks (she's 18) like this.Rookie firefighter Emily Franklin battled her first blaze this week and among the casualties was her own house. The fire, one of several wildfires plaguing Colorado, turned her childhood home into cinders and reduced her car to a metal skeleton in the driveway. "This is my first fire and it was my own home," Franklin, 18, told ABC News."Great way to kick off a career." Franklin actually watched her own house going up in smoke while working with her colleagues to help save the town from the fire. Posted by: BA 2012-06-29 |
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