Los Angeles Fire Department reunited a ring, which survived the Getty Fire, to its rightful owner, only to find out that the ring had survived another wildfire back in 1961.
The Los Angeles Fire Department, responding to the devastating Getty Fire, discovered a small ring box in front of the only destroyed home on that particular street. After finding the rightful owner, they learned that the ring was incredibly sentimental, as it was the only thing that survived from a previous home destroyed by the 1961 Bel Air Fire.
On Oct. 30 — two days after the Getty Fire broke out, which ultimately destroyed 10 homes, left 15 others with damage and burned across 745 acres — Engine 89 discovered the ring box in front of the charred house, according to their Facebook post. Somehow, the ring had miraculously survived, and the crew realized that it would be important to the owner, who had lost their home.
"They found her," LAFD's Facebook post read."That ring belonged to her mother...who lived in the home when it was destroyed in 1961 and this ring — it was the only thing that survived." According to the post, the resident's mother was also in the home when they were ordered to evacuate last week. "And now, the ring is again the survivor...finding [its] way to a spot where firefighters ‘rescued’ it," the post reads.The LAFD believes that the Getty Fire was the result of a tree branch that broke off, which then landed on a power line. As this was during"high wind conditions," the tree branch caused sparking and arcing of power lines, which ignited nearby brush. Zero civilians were injured, while five firefighters suffered non-life threatening injuries.
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