Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich, Fire Chief Daryl Osby and other county officials will participate Wednesday in the dedication of a section of State Route 14 in honor of two firefighters who lost their lives during the 2009 Station Fire – the largest wildfire in Los Angeles County history.
Through Antonovich’s efforts, the state Legislature designated the interchange of SR-14 and Angeles Forest Highway as the “Los Angeles County Fire Captain Ted Hall and Engineer Arnie Quinones Memorial Interchange.” Signs will be affixed on SR-14 at both the northbound and southbound entrances to the interchange. The official dedication ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. at Los Angeles County Fire Station 129 at 42110 6th St. West in Lancaster.
About the Incident
On August 30, 2009, the fourth and fateful day of the Station Fire, Fire Captain Ted Hall, 47, and Firefighter Specialist Arnie Quinones, 34, gave their lives performing their last act of courage. While a plan was in place to defend Camp 16 if the fire approached, including a firing operation along Mt. Gleason Road, something tragic occurred. As Captain Hall and Firefighter Specialist Quinones performed the firing operation, the fire quickly and unexpectedly pushed across the west end of the Camp, and instantly surrounded and burned through the entire compound. there was no time for them to return to the safety of the Camp area. They were killed in the line of duty when their emergency response vehicle went over the side of Mt. Gleason Road and fell 800 feet into a steep canyon.
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