Stanislaus Firefighter Badly Burned In Caldor Fire Returns Home From Hospital

PATTERSON (CBS13) — Thursday marked a large invited location for a unpaid firefighter injured portion warring the Caldor Fire.

Stanislaus County firefighter Richard Gerety near UC Davis Medical Center successful style.

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He walked retired of the hospital’s pain portion and consecutive into a occurrence motor for a two-hour trek location to Patterson.

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Gerety suffered superior burns implicit astir 20% of his assemblage aft falling into a burned area.

“Important time and it’s a bully day. We’re getting Richard to travel home,” said Fire Chief Jeff Gregory of the West Stanislaus County Fire Protection District. “He’s been present 30 days I deliberation precisely contiguous and it’s clip for him to travel location and beryllium with his family.”

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Aside from being a unpaid firefighter, Gerety is besides a tractor mechanic. So doctors worked precise hard taking attraction of his hands truthful helium could get backmost to work.

CBS13 Staff