Firefighters recuperating after assisting with California wildfires

LONGVIEW — The final four Longview firefighters returned home this week following their deployment to assist with wildfires in California. City officials said in a media brief, that the Employees had been in that state since Sept. 28, after going to relieve an initial team of three firefighters that had been on location since Sept. 11. Firefighters are rehabbing this weekend with family and friends before returning to work next week. There are still 8,000 firefighters on the front lines across the state, as of Saturday.