California Burns, Tragedy Acute: 48 Confirmed Dead so far, Wildfires out of control, FEMA link

California Burns, Tragedy Acute: 48 Confirmed Dead so far, Wildfires out of control, FEMA link

Amid the ongoing multitude of  individual tragedies associated with the deadliest wildfire in California history (in northern CA) and the additional out-of-control inferno in southern California, Catholic Business Journal has culled some of the best, top stories that capture the magnitude and impact of what is going on in California as we write. On Tuesday,…

Largest fire in CA history claims another life: Fire Battalion Chief Matthew Burchett

Largest fire in CA history claims another life: Fire Battalion Chief Matthew Burchett

California fires claim yet another life, that of Fire Battalion Chief Matthew Burchett, a more than 20-year firefighter veteran who traveled with a crew from Utah to join a record number of firefighters from California and other states to battle California’s wildfires this summer.  As if the upheaval and shock of fleeing one’s home with…