Kind stranger picks up firefighters' $400 Denny's bill after they tackled huge blaze
A group of firefighters had just finished tackling the La Cadena Fire in La Loma Hills in Southern California when they headed to their local Denny's restaurant for a meal. Little did they know, they wouldn't be parting with any money on this particular occasion.
Twenty-five firefighters from Colton, San Bernardino County, had been fighting a vegetation fire which burned 70 acres on Saturday when they stopped for a hard-earned bite to eat.
But, while they were eating, an anonymous woman informed the restaurant staff that she wished to pay for the firefighters' meals.
"This woman paid for the meal of all the firefighters at Denny's at that time, plus tip for a total of $405; she also paid $100 for dessert for all of the crews," read a post on the firefighters' Facebook page.
The firefighters thanked the anonymous woman for her "generous show of support" in their Facebook post.
"We are honored to serve the citizens of our communities," the post continued.
Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.
A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.
Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.
