WI man raises $50K to buy new equipment lost in Yarnell fire

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YARNELL, AZ (CBS5) -

Richard Taylor hosted a fundraiser at his Happy Barn in Hollandale, WI to help raise money for the Yarnell Fire Department to buy new fire fighting equipment lost in the wildfire that killed 19 firefighters on June 30, 2013.

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