The Las Vegas Fire and Rescue Department released photos that show one of their firefighters rescuing an American flag that was in danger of being burned since the house it was attached to was on fire.
The department was responding to a three-alarm fire when the firefighter carried it away from the flames on Thursday.
“Some people want to burn our flag, WE save it,” the department said in a Twitter post.
The most recent high-profile American flag burning took place outside the White House on Independence Day.
Three Revolutionary Communist Party supporters were detained after burning two American flags, and fighting broke out when they were confronted by a pro-American flag crowd. The second flag that was partially burned landed on a Secret Service agent while it was still ablaze. It was quickly put out by another agent with a fire extinguisher.
Yesterday during the fully involved 3-alarm house fire, a U.S. flag was on the front of the house. It was rescued by a @LasVegasFD firefighter. Some people want to burn our flag, WE save it. #NeverForget @FirehouseNews pic.twitter.com/PztBd7gBJy
— Las Vegas FireRescue (@LasVegasFD) July 12, 2019
