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Tearful LA fire union prez warned of dangerous fire understaffing last year: ‘Someone will die’
“This is a woefully understaffed fire department,” Escobar said. “We’re either going to have a fire department that’s going to reflect 2025, or we’re going to have a fire department that’s going to reflect the 1960s.”
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