Firefighters remembered on 4th anniversary of deadly Porterville library fire

PORTERVILLE, Calif. (KFSN) -- Sunday marks 4 years since 2 Porterville firefighters were killed successful the enactment of duty.

Captain Ray Figueroa and Firefighter Patrick Jones made the eventual sacrifice portion battling the Porterville Library Fire backmost successful 2020.

Both were searching for others wrong the burning building, they gave a mayday telephone past were ne'er heard from again.

Crews with the Porterville Fire section spent the past week refurbishing axes for Figueroa and wearing hats backwards for Jones.

The section says it volition everlastingly grant their memory.

In 2022 a teen was sentenced to a short-term programme aft being recovered liable for mounting the deadly fire.