LNU Lightning Complex Content

Rock Smashes Through Firetruck Windshield

Cody Kitaura — August 28, 2020 - 4:14pm

A team of campus firefighters was shaken but unhurt Thursday (Aug. 27) when a rock burst through the windshield of their truck in rural Yolo County.

The crew was traveling on Highway 16 near Guinda as part of their assignment to fight the LNU Lightning Complex when a rock tumbled off a hillside, bounced off the road and went straight through the windshield of Brush Truck 34.

“The cup holder, specifically, was the landing spot,” Fire Chief Nate Trauernicht said.

UPDATED: Fire Takes Quail Ridge Residence

Cody Kitaura — August 21, 2020 - 4:50pm

Updated 4:50 p.m. Aug. 21: The ��С�� Fire Department’s Brush Truck 34 is leaving the Angeles National Forest in Southern California and is headed to the LNU Lightning Complex fires.

Brush 34 and its crew — Paul Rush, captain; Corrie Beall, engineer; and Cara Martinez and Christopher Hay, firefighters — left campus Aug. 13, originally assigned to the Lake Fire north of Santa Clarita, then moved to the Ranch 2 Fire on Sunday (Aug. 16).