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Calif. fire chief loses home while battling wildfire
Chief Tom Welch lost his home, then went back and helped with the fire response in Napa and Sonoma counties after he was helping to evacuate residents.
SANTA ROSA, Calif. — As wildfires swept through and decimated neighborhoods in Northern California, some of the first responders lost their own homes as they were
Welch, a Santa Rosa resident, lost his home, then went back and helped with the fire response in Napa and Sonoma counties after he and his family evacuated, Linn Walsh, assistant to the Mill Valley city manager, said Tuesday.
“The chief is fine. His family is fine. Their home is completely gone,” Walsh said.
Walsh started a YouCaring page once the city heard the news, and has already raised more than $50,000 for the chief and his family.
About 25 other Mill Valley employees ranging from police officers to building inspectors who live in Napa and Sonoma counties are in limbo.
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By Jenna Lyons
San Francisco Chronicle http://www.sfgate.com/
One of them was Mill Valley Fire Chief Tom Welch.
his family evacuated