Boone County firefighters assist with California wildfires

COLUMBIA - Two Boone County Fire Protection District firefighters were dispatched to help battle wildfires in California as part of the Missouri Iowa Coordination Center, Division Chief Gale Blomenkamp said. One firefighter is located 20 miles west of Quincy, Calif., and the other is located at Klamath National Forrest where a 1,000-acre fire has been burning, Blomenkamp said. The district is not releasing the names of the firefighters, Blomenkamp said.