Fire extinguishers that were distributed to the homeless community in the Sisters area this past summer were used to battle a fire that started at a neighboring homeless camp late Tuesday. And it turns out the person wielding those extinguishers is a former wildland firefighter.
The fire started around 11:45 p.m. on U.S. Forest Service about a half-mile north of the Best Western Ponderosa Lodge, Sisters-Camp Sherman Rural Fire Protection District Public Information Office Julie Spot said in a statement. The fire started in a homeless camp.
Don Smith, a former wildland firefighter, lives in a camper across the dirt road from where the fire ignited…