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Continued from Front in a "precarious location" (368 square kilometers) of heavy equipment opera- flags at the California Capi-
Spiking temperatures and and conditions were too brush and destroyed 20 tor. He is survived by his tol to be flown at half-staff
inaccessible terrain was dangerous over the week- structures in Yolo and Napa wife, Jessica; daughter to honor "a man who dedi-
making it difficult for crews end, Cal Fire Deputy Chief counties. Investigators said Malhea, 5; and son Nolan, cated his life to protecting
to slow the flames, U.S. For- Scott McLean said. an electric livestock fence 3. Gov. Jerry Brown ordered his fellow Californians."q
est Service fire Capt. Mike The wildfire is one of several that was improperly in-
Seymour said. burning across the state stalled sparked the flames.
Heavy fire equipment op- and among 56 large blazes In the fire near Yosemite,
erator Braden Varney, 36, that are active in the U.S., investigators were trying
died early Saturday on the most in the American West, to find out more details
fire line, the California De- a region that is struggling about Varney's death Sat-
partment of Forestry and with drought and heat. urday, but they believe he
Fire Protection said. Varney A blaze near the California- was working his way out of
was driving a bulldozer to Oregon border that killed a the fire area when he was
create a gap in vegetation 72-year-old resident and in- killed, Koerperich said.
to keep the flames from jured three firefighters was "This certainly is going to
extending into a nearby almost entirely contained be devastating to his fam-
community, according to after burning more than 60 ily and those of us who call
Cal Fire Fire Chief Nancy square miles (155 square ki- him family here with Cal
Koerperich. lometers) of dry brush. Fire," she said.
Varney's body likely won't Crews got full control Varney had worked for Cal
be retrieved until Monday over a stubborn fire that Fire for 10 years. His father
at the earliest because it's scorched 142 square miles also worked as a Cal Fire

Continued from Page 2 company sold 99 apart-
She also had to contend ments in the building, ac-
with a flood after workers cording to Jared Kushner's
hit a pipe in the unit above federal financial disclosure
her and with the constant forms.
fear workers would burst Brokerage data show an
into her apartment at any additional 16 apartments
moment after two with sold by early March 2018.
passkeys tried to do just That same month Kush-
that, once while she was in ner Cos. had 151 vacant
her underwear. apartments in the building,
Coxwell says she sent doz- according to a court docu-
ens of emails to Kushner ment.
managers for more than The Kushner Cos. refused to
a year asking for help, but confirm the numbers.
got little relief. At the height of the con-
One particularly noisy day struction, tenants fought
she finally broke down, back with three dozen
walked up to a construc- complaints to the city's
tion manager and worker 311 hotline about work
standing near her door and after hours, banging and
found herself forcing the pounding, falling debris
words out through tears. and rodents.
"I understand you have After people complained
to work, but I don't know about dust, Kushner Cos.
how to ask anymore," she put plastic sheeting around
pleaded. "Please, please, doorways, though many
can you keep it down?" say it didn't help much.
She says the men just And after they complained
laughed. about workers entering
Much of the work was their apartments without
done in 2016, and then the permission, the company
Kushners went on a selling eventually posted guards
spree. In 2017 alone, the in hallways.q