THE DIVER

FIRE AUTHORITIES IN CALIFORNIA

FOUND A CORPSE IN A BURNT OUT

SECTION OF FOREST WHILE ASSESSING

THE DAMAGE DONE BY A FOREST FIRE.

THE DECEASED MALE WAS DRESSED

IN A FULL WET SUIT,

COMPLETE WITH A DIVE TANK,

FLIPPERS, AND FACE MASK.

A POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION REVEALED

THAT THE PERSON DIED NOT FROM

BURNS, BUT FROM MASSIVE INTERNAL

INJURIES.

DENTAL RECORDS PROVIDED A

POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION.

INVESTIGATORS THEN SET ABOUT

DETERMINING HOW A FULLY-CLAD

DIVER ENDED UP IN THE MIDDLE

OF A FOREST FIRE.

IT WAS REVEALED THAT,

ON THE DAY OF THE FIRE,

THE PERSON WENT FOR A DIVING

TRIP OFF THE COAST - SOME 20 MILES

AWAY FROM THE FOREST.

THE FIREFIGHTERS,

SEEKING TO CONTROL THE FIRE AS

QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE,

CALLED IN A FLEET OF HELICOPTERS

WITH VERY LARGE BUCKETS.

THE BUCKETS WERE DROPPED INTO

THE OCEAN FOR RAPID FILLING,

THEN FLOWN TO THE FOREST

FIRE AND EMPTIED.

YOU GUESSED IT.

ONE MINUTE OUR DIVER WAS MAKING

LIKE FLIPPER IN THE PACIFIC,

THE NEXT HE WAS DOING A BREASTSTROKE

IN A FIRE BUCKET 300 FEET IN THE AIR.

APPARENTLY,

HE EXTINGUISHED EXACTLY 5'10" OF THE FIRE.