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Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Leslie Sommers, hero.

Watch this video in its entirety and you will see a familiar face. Leslie was driving in this afternoon when she saw a fire on the side of the road on East Mission Rd. spreading near the water tank. Rather than call 911 she called the Fallbrook Fire hotline directly. It took about seven minutes for trucks to arrive. But her car wouldn't start and she was trapped at the scene for over two and a half hours. Firefighters fought the blaze for about an hour. Couldn't get a tow truck in, so she was stuck and worried about her car catching fire at one point.

Very proud of my wife. If she had not been on top of things and vigilant there's no telling how out of hand the blaze might have become.

14 comments:

Michael.G said...

Wow! The last thing California needs right now is another 🔥! Any clue how it got started?

Blue Heron said...

She thinks a thrown cigarette butt.

Sanoguy said...

Good Samaritan for sure!

Unknown said...

Thanks to you, Leslie!

Anonymous said...

Great work by Leslie....but closing Ralph's (where no prices are lower prices) is just WRONG!

Anonymous said...

Thanks for saving our houses, Leslie! (and you looked cute on the news- but I couldn't hear the sound.)
Barbara

Jon Harwood said...

Good work!

Blue Heron said...

Barbara, there is a little slider on the video with a microphone and x, click and shift for sound.

Brigitte Schlemmer said...

Thank goodness she was there!

Unknown said...

Way to go! Thank you Leslie!

Unknown said...

You are so very brave and a wonderful human. Proud to know you .

Helen Killeen Bauch McHargue said...

Thank you, thank you Leslie!!!

Thomas G Johnson said...

Good job, Mrs Sommers...

Wicki said...

Right person , right place, right time. Thank you Leslie.