Hundreds Attend Candlelight Vigil For LA Firefighter Killed In Blaze

Firefighters with the Los Angeles Fire Department extinguish the flames of a car fire started in a homeless encampment in Los Angeles, Calif., on Nov. 6, 2020. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif.—A candlelight vigil was held in San Clemente Jan. 10 in memory of Los Angeles County firefighter Jonathan Flagler, who died while battling a house fire in Rancho Palos Verdes.

Flagler, 47, died Thursday after being overcome by smoke and flames inside the home. A resident of San Clemente, Flagler was a married father of two boys, aged 15 and 13.