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Larry Garfinkel, 61, of Thousand Oaks, Calif, is comforted by his wife of 26 years, Angie, as he recounts his survival during the County Road 100 wildfire at Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs, Colo. Garfinkel was fishing the Roaring Fork River near the Ranch at Roaring Fork housing complex with friends Tom Greenup and Chuck Hyatt when the flames of the fire overtook him and was burned while escaping. Garfinkel received third-degree burns on his left arm and back of his head. Doctors took a skin graft from his left thigh to fix his left hand and forearm.