Pete Villari

As most of you are aware Sunday is the day I write about either a hero or someone that we can admire. This week my choice is
Altadena’s Pete Villari, who returned during the fire, only to see that the back of his house was on fire. He grabbed a garden hose and a ladder and was able put that fire out.
Shortly thereafter he saw that a fence behind a neighbor’s house on his cul-de-sac was also on fire and he was also able to put that fire out also.
Subsequently he noted that fire had crept into the eaves of the house of another neighbor, George. Pete Villari put that fire out also. Then he noted that the backyard fence at Eleanor’s house was also on fire and he was successful at dousing that fence fire of his other neighbor.
All told the eight houses on that Altadena cul-de sac were saved in large part due to Pete Villari’s ten heroic hours. In addition later in that same evening he was able to disburse potential looters who were suspiciously eyeing the empty houses on his cul-de-sac.
Indeed Pete Villari is a true modern day hero!
1/19/25