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‘Sam Elliot Of Firefighters’: Residents Near Grizzly Creek Fire Praise Chief Jeff Surber

Operations Section Chief Jeff Surber said he's never had so much support from a community.

By Anica Padilla

August 27, 2020

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GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) – Residents living near the Grizzly Creek Fire posted hundreds of messages on Facebook, thanking the man who some called “the Sam Elliot of firefighters.”

Operations Section Chief Jeff Surber said he’s never had so much support from a community.

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“The gratitude from the communities surrounding the Grizzly Cr. Fire has been overwhelming,” Surber wrote. “I have never experienced the level of support as I have here.”

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