Crime & Safety
Arizona Hotshots Honored by Emmaus Firefighters
Box lights were set up in front of the Emmaus Fire Department Wednesday night in memory of the 19 firefighters out west who died fighting an Arizona wildfire.
Emmaus Firefighter Kyle Walbert shared this photograph, taken in front of the Emmaus Fire Department Wednesday night, to show how a group of Emmaus firefighters chose to honor the 19 firefighters who died on Sunday fighting a raging wildfire in Arizona.
Walbert and some of his colleagues in Emmaus set up 19 box lights in front of the station as a way to remember those who perished.
One of the 19 elite firefighters who died in the blaze, Robert Caldwell, 23, was an Eastern Pennsylvania native.
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