East Bay firm fires employees over Camp Fire-mocking photos

A San Leandro company helping to carry out Camp Fire recovery efforts fired three employees after residents called out multiple photos posted to social media that mocked victims or losses from the lethal blaze, according to statements by the company.

In one of those photos, posted by Rob Freestone to his Facebook account and then re-posted to a public group page about Butte County incidents, the body of a dead cat is placed on the ground next to a beer bottle so it appears to be drinking.

An accompanying caption reads: “Dude … I was just chilling with my homies, having a couple of cold ones and BAM … damn fire breaks out.”

In another image, Freestone appears to sit astride a home’s mailbox, telling a friend that he is pretending to ride a fire truck. In a third, posted to his account Dec. 5 Freestone stands in the center of a fire-destroyed trampoline, calling it stupid and adding that “it used to be called a Jumpoline until your mom got on it.”

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