Connecticut firefighters sent to battle a 32,000-acre blaze in California earlier this month returned home Thursday evening.
A group of 20 crew members, including 14 employees of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and six private-sector firefighters, departed Aug. 4 and were sent to fight a wildfire in the area of Burney, California, according to a release from the DEEP.
The crew arrived back at the DEEP Eastern District Headquarters on Hebron Road in Marlborough shortly after 8 p.m. Thursday.
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