One firefighter is dead and another missing after a massive blaze at a California public library.
"Please join Sheriff Boudreaux, and all of us at the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office, in sending our deepest thoughts and prayers to the Porterville Fire Department," the office of Sheriff Mike Boudreax said
Fire officials have yet to determine the cause of the fire or whether it was intentionally set, according to KSEE.“This is the beloved Porterville city library. It’s the hub of the city and it's heartbreaking to see it go down like this,” she told KSEE.Porterville has a median household income of $41,246, with 29.8 percent of the population living in poverty, according to the U.S. Census.
The City Council last month discussed the possibility of either renovating the library or building a new one, which officials said would cost upwards of $33 million, according to
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