Firefighting father and son duo from Merced help battle Palisades Fire

MERCED, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A firefighting begetter and lad duo from the Central Valley bumped into each different portion responding to the Los Angeles County fires.

The City of Merced Fire Department says Captain Akers was portion of their task unit sent to assistance conflict the Palisades Fire.

The Captain's son, a firefighter with the Cal Fire Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit, was besides sent to conflict the blaze.

Although the brace were moving other shifts, they were capable to spot each different concisely successful betwixt assignments.

Mason Akers and his begetter Captain Akers

This was not the archetypal clip the duo fought the aforesaid blaze; successful 2008 the 2 some battled the Telegraph Fire successful Mariposa County.