Firefighters At Carr Fire Lower Cemetery Flag To Half-Staff

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA — Firefighters honored their fallen comrades at the Carr Fire in Northern California Tuesday night when they came across an American Flag, flying undamaged, at the Whiskeytown Cemetery.

"To honor the firefighters who made the ultimate sacrifice while fighting the Carr Fire and Ferguson Fire, Battalion Chief Palmer and Moraga-Orinda firefighters were determined to lower the flag to half staff in their memory," the Alameda County Fire Department said in a social media post.

It wasn't easy. The rope to lower the flag couldn't be reached from the ground. Undaunted, a firefighters grabbed a ladder and set to work.

The Strike Team is made up of ACFD Battalion Chief Chuck Palmer and a crew from the Moraga-Orinda Fire District.

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-Images via Alameda County Fire Department