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Thu Sep 10, 2020, 01:32 PM Sep 2020

Washington state resident recalls saving home from Labor Day wildfire

A resident of a Washington state community who managed to save his home from a Labor Day wildfire told NBC News that it felt like "a war zone."

Larry Frick, 53, is one of few remaining homeowners in Malden, Washington, a community of just 200 people where 80% of the small town was destroyed by wildfires on Monday, according to the Whitman County Sheriff's Office.

"Everything around me is gone," Frick told NBC News in a video interview on Wednesday. "All my neighbors, everything, there's no standing structure."

Frick and his wife Chandelle learned that wildfires were approaching their home in Malden on Monday while they were out of town visiting family for the holiday weekend. They soon found out that their town had been evacuated, but unable to reach Frick's elderly mother-in-law who lives in the family home, they pushed through the smoke to get home and check on her.

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After discovering that his mother-in-law was safe, Frick and his wife decided to try and save their home, where only the deck had begun to burn. The pair said they managed to keep the flames gathering on their property at bay with just two hoses and a sprinkler system before they were joined by volunteer firefighters from a neighboring community.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/washington-state-resident-recalls-saving-home-from-labor-day-wildfire/ar-BB18UbsK?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=DELLDHP

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