I just got an email from my mother that ended with this line; my cousin– her niece– is down in Texas on a fire.
Their camp is quarantined, none of the fire-fighter men are allowed to go anywhere in less than pairs, and the fire-fighter women must have at least two guys with them if they go anywhere. There are way more people in camp than usual, because they have a bunch of security guards.
Why?
Because they are in an area often used for illegals entering the US– and they have been shot at, since my cousin got there. We can’t even know exactly where they are– not explained why, maybe the fire fighting equipment is just too good of a target?
I can’t find a single story on this, no matter how I phrase it in google news search. A few mentions of fires in west Texas, but not much even there.
They’re fairly close to the Mexican border, risking their lives to fight fire…and on top of it all, they’re being shot at by people breaking into the country.
If anyone can find a story where the MSN caught wind of this, please, pass it on– you can be sure that when or if the out-of-state fire fighters end up having to kill some SOB that’s trying to murder them while they fight fire, it will get all over the news.