During rescue effort that turned tragic, an act of heroism

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20071023-9999-bn23firedead.html

By Tony Manolatos
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

October 23, 2007

Hours after the Harris fire started on a rural road near the U.S.-Mexico border, one man was dead and his son and four firefighters were rushed to a hospital with severe injuries.

It appears the firefighters – three men and a woman – were trying to save Thomas Varshock and his son, Richard, 15.

“We have not interviewed them (the firefighters), but that's what it looks like,” said Capt. Matt Streck of Cal Fire.

On a day when multiple fires took hold of San Diego County, there was heroism.

Several firefighters, including Streck, tried to get to the four firefighters – a captain and three others who haven't been identified – but the flames kept everyone at bay except for a rescue helicopter.

Varshock died and his son remains hospitalized. Fire officials said the two were trying to save their home in Potrero.

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