Visitation service for Cal Fire employee killed while battling Ferguson Fire

Saturday, July 21, 2018
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- On Sunday there is going to be a visitation service for Cal Fire employee Braden Varney.

He died last weekend when his bulldozer rolled down a steep mountain ridge while trying to cut fire lines for the Ferguson Fire.

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His visitation is open to the public and will be held at the Franklin and Downs Funeral Home in Modesto from 2 to 6 p.m.
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