NEVADA COUNTY, Calif. (KCRA) – An 83-year-old veteran from California is being forced to start over – without insurance – after a fire destroyed his house and everything he had, leaving him with just the shirt on his back.
Emotions are running high for 83-year-old Alan Fowler, a disabled Vietnam veteran. He was attending a meeting for the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue, with whom he’s been volunteering since 2010, when the fire broke out.
“The meeting usually goes until 8 p.m. or so. So, I decided to lock up the cats inside and left. On the way home, I saw all these fire engines, and they turned left on my street. I said, ‘Oh no, I don’t like that,’” he said.
Fowler followed the fire engines up his driveway to find his house engulfed in flames. Fire crews worked to put out the blaze and were able …