Caregiver saves 4 people with disabilities from Lake Forest Park group home fire

Davis Matere’s heroism is born from tragedy in his homeland of Kenya.

LAKE FOREST PARK, Wash — Davis Matere is still processing the trauma of one night last May.

“When I see this I’m just at a loss for words,” he said, looking at the back of a burned-out house. “I almost lost my life to this fire.”

Matere had just come on duty for his night shift as a caregiver at a Lake Forest Park group home. Four people with developmental disabilities were asleep inside when fire broke out in the middle of the night.

“At that point is when I

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