Oct. 29, 2025 — Shasta County, CA A heart-stopping moment unfolded on a smoke-choked mountain road when a terrified young deer leapt into the back of a rescue truck as wildfire flames closed in on both sides. The dramatic encounter, recorded on a responder’s phone, has since spread across social media as a rare glimmer of hope amid one of California’s most destructive fire seasons. Fire crews and volunteers had been sweeping the area for trapped residents and animals when they spotted the fawn s