Everyday Heroes Among Us: Jay Morena and others help put out fire on Hwy 280

South San Francisco, Ca  August 23, 2020

Our firefighters are stretched so thin with over 14,000 fighting California wildfires and working triple shifts. And yesterday our local departments were also in a scamble responding to multiple brush fires in San Bruno and along highway 280. South City resident Jay Morena happened to be driving through the area and recounts his experience which we are sharing below. While Jay isn’t seeking any attention for his actions, we believe there are times in our lives when we step up for the greater good, when no one is looking, to do the right thing. Thanks to Jay and the others involved in putting themselves at possible risk to step in when they could.

This is E61 working the 280 grass fire….. Thank you for the brave men/women fighting these fires to keep us all safe…. Stay safe SSF
Photo credit AMY ALBERA
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In a small attempt to say thank you, we are gifting Jay with a $50 gift certificate for Entrepanes Sandwich Co, the local business we are featuring this week {GAME ON info click here}. Please join us in acknowledging Jay as we share his story below, which he had posted on our Facebook.

Here is Jay’s story:

 

Saw small fires just beginning in the brush alongside the right shoulder in Daly City, So.SF, San Bruno, Millbrae & near Trusdale in Burlingame.

 

Drivers pulled over and were trying to extinguish each of them.

 

When we reached the fire prior to Trousdale, we saw just one man fighting the quickly growing blaze with a rake. We stopped to help and emptied a case of bottled water on it, my girlfriend got burned on her leg.

 

Three more folks stopped with water & a fire extinguisher and we were able to put it out as FD arrived.

 

Arsonist must have been throwing highway flares or similar out the window at 6 to 8 spots as he traveled south between DC & Burlingame.’