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The tenacious pair even bought an old fire truck to help put out the flames that continue to lick the forest just behind their home in Criss Creek.
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Try refreshing your browser, or B.C. Wildfires 2021: Couple buys old fire truck to protect house from wildfire near Kamloops Back to video The Mussfelds bought a decommissioned fire truck to help put out the massive forest fire behind their house in Criss Creek.
On June 28, the Sparks Lake fire ignited about 10 kilometres from the Mussfeld’s house but spread quickly. They spent the next day getting ready. Along with Magnus’s brother Hardy, they packed, installed sprinklers, set up a water pump, cut down the closest trees behind the house, and drove their eight-year-old son into Kamloops to stay with his grandfather out of harm’s way.
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