Quarantined California Firefighters to Return Home After Patient Tests Negative For Coronavirus

Quarantined California Firefighters to Return Home After Patient Tests Negative For Coronavirus
A firefighter sleeps in his truck during the Saddleridge fire in Porter Ranch, Calif. on Oct. 11, 2019. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images
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A group of California firefighters with the Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) are going home from quarantine after the symptomatic person they were in contact with tested negative for the novel coronavirus.

The four Irvine firefighters from Fire Station No. 20, at 7050 Corsair, were “isolated out of an abundance of caution” on March 2.

Isabel van Brugen
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Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
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