A Fairview Fire story: Two guys and a bunny

Mario Sevilla and Rowdy Rippy, both from Hemet, were out taking photos of the Fairview Fire for Valley News on Tuesday, Sept. 6th when they came across an injured bunny. 

“As we were coming down Simpson park on the road trail I stopped because there was an injured bunny seizing in the center of the street. Rippy got out and took off his shirt and wrapped it up. We saw that its fur and whiskers were burned on one side.   He picked it up off the street and brought it into the car. I turned on the AC to try and help it cool down,” said Sevilla. 

“It was breathing heavily, then it stopped, so I told Rowdy to start doing compressions and the rabbit started coming around again. He gave him some water and the bunny seemed like he was going to be fine, so we just tried to keep him cool with the air conditioner, but he started to seize up again. We tried to bring him back, but it was too late,” said Sevilla. 

This damn fire