After 60-hr Shift, Firefighter Rushes to Save Girlfriend’s Home From Encroaching Blaze

After 60-hr Shift, Firefighter Rushes to Save Girlfriend’s Home From Encroaching Blaze
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Most people go home and crash after a double shift working nonstop. But even after fighting the California wildfires for a grueling 60-hour shift, firefighter Grant Newnom rushed to the scene of yet another fire after getting the heart-stopping phone call no one ever wants to hear.

Exhausted and on his way home from battling wildfires, Newnom, with the San Jose Fire Department, received a call from his girlfriend, Elise Jones, who was having Sunday dinner with her parents.

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