Firefighter Burned in October to Return to Full Duty Today
Firefighter Scott French, who was seriously burned in the Calabasas-Malibu brush fire Oct. 22, was set to return to full duty today, fire officials said Tuesday.
French, one of four firefighters from the Glendale and Los Angeles city departments who was hospitalized because of the blaze, was sent home from the Grossman Burn Center at Sherman Oaks Hospital on Nov. 3.
French, 41, underwent skin grafts to his ears and arms while at the burn center. He will return to work at Glendale Fire Station 24 on Canada Boulevard, officials said.
The most seriously injured firefighter, William Jensen, also of the Glendale department, was in good condition at the burn center Tuesday after his 15th surgery, hospital officials said.
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