Renzo Reginato, a hotshot firefighter with the Cleveland National Forest El Coriso team, was seriously injured in the Orleans Complex fire. He suffered a broken tibia and fibula, along with a traumatic spinal injury, requiring emergency surgeries. Reginato was airlifted to a hospital. The Orleans Complex fire, exacerbated by dry thunderstorms, covered 22,362 acres and was only 22% contained. As firefighters faced challenging conditions, at least eight firefighting personnel sustained injuries across the ongoing fires in Northern California.
Renzo Reginato, a member of the Cleveland National Forest El Coriso hotshot team, was airlifted to Mercy Medical Center in Redding and underwent emergency orthopedic and neurosurgical procedures for a broken tibia and fibula and a traumatic spinal injury.
The Orleans Complex, which started amid lightning storms in early July, had grown to 22,362 acres and was just 22% contained.
Firefighters faced difficult conditions Sunday as dry thunderstorms brought increased wind and threatened lightening strikes that could ignite new fires.
At least eight firefighters have been injured while battling the Orleans Complex and the Green fire amid extreme heat in steep, bone-dry terrain.
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