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    Privileged turn to private fire crews in Malibu and beyond. Regular firefighters don't like it

    by Hannah Fry and Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times Nov 28, 2018 4 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - When the Woolsey fire swept into the exclusive neighborhood of Bell Canyon, resident Yen Hsieh grabbed her late music teacher's 200-year-old cello, some belongings and her son's betta fish Sparky and fled, not sure whether her home would be destroyed.

    More than 30 homes in the gated Ventura County community were lost, but Hsieh's survived. Bell Canyon was protected by both county firefighters and a private crew covered by her homeowner's insurance policy.

    Hsieh said it's not clear which of the firefighters - private or publicly funded - were responsible for saving her home, but she's grateful.

    "I just want to hug every one of them," she said.

    With California experiencing two years of unprecedented wildfires that have

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