Hundreds gather to mourn B.C. fire chief killed in flooding creek
CACHE CREEK, B.C. — Hundreds gathered at a memorial in British Columbia’s Interior to honour a fire chief swept away in a swollen creek last month.
Clayton Cassidy went missing on May 5 while checking the water levels of Cache Creek and after an exhaustive search, his body was found by Ashcroft fire officials three weeks later.
Firefighters from across B.C. and hundreds of others jammed Cache Creek Park arena to take part in the memorial service Saturday.
There wasn’t a dry eye in the house when his three sons rose to speak.