As wildfire flames closed in, a 90-year-old Okanagan man with dementia was left behind

When wildfire flames were closing in, 90-year-old John Belleville was still at home.

The Desert Cove resident, who lives with dementia, hadn’t evacuated as the fire rapidly approached. His daughter, Shiloh, who lives in Vancouver, soon realized her father had been left behind and began desperately calling anyone she thought might be able to help.

Eventually, one of those calls reached Bob Tutush, a man she had never met.

Tutush drove to John’s home, were he spent time earning the senior’s trust before convincing him to leave. With flames visible nearby, the pair made it out safely and headed to the Kal Tire evacuation reception centre, hoping…

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