Private firefighters guard Rick Caruso’s Brentwood home from flames

As the Pacific Palisades fire raged after burning through 12,250 structures, a lone fire truck stood parked beside water trucks outside developer Rick Caruso’s home in Brentwood. The fire brigade wasn’t from the Los Angeles Fire Department, but from five different private firefighting outfits hired by the former mayoral candidate over the weekend to protect […]This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.