The fire fighting strike team sent from Copper Fire to fight the Carstens fire returned safely home late Friday afternoon.
The three man team from CFPD included: firefighter Guy Andress, firefighter Doug Ungari, Engineer Jay Lang and Chief Kovacs.
Kovacs was also the strike team leader for the five engine Calaveras County strike team. The five engine strike team was composed of engines from Copper, Central Fire, Murphys Fire, Calaveras Consolidated and Central Fire.
Thank you firefighters and welcome home.
Updated 6-26-13 to include Firefighter Guy Andress, our apologies for not including his name originally. Thank you Guy for your hard work and welcome home.