Photo: Firefighters Marshall Clarke, Kevin Sukhiani, and Station Chief Matt Young (missing from photo McGregor Clayton) are headed to California to help the community grappling with deadly fires.
Four firefighters from Lake of Bays are headed to Malibu to help fellow firefighters in California fight devastating fires in that state.
“From the great white North in Lake of Bays, to Los Angeles, I’m proud to volunteer on our own along side my brothers from our Fire Department to help aid in the Fires in California,” states a GoFundMe campaign established to help the group.
“It might be a small squad coming, but we can assure that we will bring a big punch, get it done and do whatever we can to help the residents of California and aid our brothers/sisters,” noted Matt Young, a station chief with the Huntsville/Lake of Bays Fire Department.
Young, along with firefighters Marshall Clarke, Kevin Sukhiani, and McGregor Clayton, are headed to California to help their colleagues contain and extinguish fires that have devastated the area, left people homeless, and resulted in several casualties.
“We are Canadian proud, and helping our neighbours to the south. Canada and USA strong TOGETHER as neighbours/brotherhood need the help,” wrote Young on his Facebook page. Young thanked the firefighters’ families “who support us on every call, but especially the sacrifices this time around. We love you,” he added.
You can find their GoFundMe campaign HERE.
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I am incredibly proud of our local fire dept. Offering to head to the fires south of the border… Stay safe down there!