XmlUrl 38 formatrss/>.try the craigslist app » Android iOS CL springfield, IL springfield, IL bloomington, IL bloomington, IN cedar rapids chambana chicago columbia, MO decatur, IL dubuque evansville indianapolis iowa city janesville kenosha-racine kirksville kokomo la salle co lake of ozarks madison mattoon muncie owensboro peoria quad cities rockford south bend. ‘Shaman’ charged with starting California wildfire after allegedly boiling bear urine Despite losing his house, the man was grateful to have the RV to call home for Thanksgiving. Recently divorced and home in Denver with Luna, then 6, Faircloth watched news coverage of a man fleeing in an RV as the nation’s deadliest wildfire in a century — the Camp Fire — burned his California home. West this year as a historic drought makes the flames harder to fight.His mission began Thanksgiving week in 2018. Thousands of wildfires have burned in California and the U.S. They celebrated Thanksgiving on the road and delivered the vehicle the next day to a victim of the Camp Fire, which nearly destroyed the town of Paradise and killed 85 people.As social media posts about the trip spread, donors started offering Faircloth their RVs. AP Photo/Noah BergerHe had never been in an motorhome before, but he turned to Luna and asked, “Why don’t we get an RV and drive it out there and give it to a family that lost their home? What do you think about that?”Her reply: “Aw, Dad, God and Santa Claus are gonna be proud of us.”“That kinda sealed the deal,” Faircloth said.Within three days, with Luna riding shotgun, Faircloth steered west from Denver in a $2,500 motorhome he found on Craigslist. 5, 2021, in Quincy, Calif. They have delivered three RVs to firefighters and one to a sheriff’s deputy.One of them was firefighter George Wolley. AP Photo/Noah BergerWhile those who are given RVs own them outright, Faircloth estimates 5 percent to 10 percent return them once they’re on their feet so they can be donated to other fire victims.Faircloth and Luna spent three weekends in the last two months making the 20-hour drive from Denver to rural Northern California, where the more than 1,500-square-mile (3,898-square-kilometer) Dixie Fire has destroyed 1,329 homes, businesses and other buildings since mid-July. 5, 2021, in Sierra County, Calif. Woody and Luna Faircloth sit in a donated RV before delivering it to a Dixie Fire victim on Sunday, Sept. Last year, she joined him more often as COVID-19 precautions had her going to school remotely. Faircloth has traversed thousands of miles over the past three years, often with Luna at his side. AP Photo/Noah BergerFaircloth and Luna recently delivered their 95th motorhome to John Hunter. 5, 2021, in Quincy, Calif. It gave me a place to go.” Kimberly Price wipes tears from her eyes while receiving a donated motorhome from EmergencyRV.org founder Woody Faircloth, center, on Sunday, Sept. “I slept a lot in tents and in my car. We did our best,” he said.Wolley parks the RV near an air base where he’s still helping load fire retardant into air tankers to battle the blaze.“Before I got that RV, I felt like I was a burden on everybody that helped me,” Wolley said. 4 when the flames, whipped by strong winds and bone-dry vegetation, descended from the hills and leveled most of central Greenville, including Wolley’s house.“We fought the fire until we couldn’t fight it no more. He plans to drive to California in the next two weeks to make his next delivery. He envisions staging RVs in hurricane and fire zones in the future to respond even faster during disasters.For now, there are more than 100 families on EmergencyRV.org’s waitlist. That will allow her to keep visiting ruined homes each day to feed cats that were left behind as owners evacuated.Although Faircloth said it’s challenging to balance work, family and his nonprofit, he hopes to expand the volunteer effort. It also gutted a building he owned next door, a former medical clinic where the 69-year-old was born.Hunter and his girlfriend, Kimberly Price, 57, will call the RV home as they decide whether to rebuild or start over elsewhere.“It’s been really hard because our town’s gone and this is all John’s known all his life,” Price said, wiping away tears as she watched a video of the family who donated the motorhome.Price said they will park in a lot near Greenville Junior/Senior High School, one of the few buildings still standing in the town center. The same day Wolley’s house burned, flames destroyed Hunter’s home and Hunter Ace Hardware, the Greenville store his family has operated since 1929.
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