Red Hot Chilli Peppers’ Bassist Flea very well could have the best neighbor in the world.

His neighbor reportedly ignored the evacuation notice and stayed in his home (next to Flea’s) during the ongoing California Wildfires “armed with his wits and a garden hose” and put out small fires at Flea’s house and other houses on the block.

Flea explained it all and gave thanks to his neighbor, Eric, in an Instagram post

 

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Jimi Hendrix saw these Southern California daze when he sang look at the sky turn hellfire red someone’s house is burning down down down down. The Los Angeles air is thick with smoke, ash, and ember and the danger has not passed. My house might have burned down down last night were it not for my friend Eric (in the second pic) who defied the evacuation orders and stayed up all through the night armed with his wits and a garden hose, and put out all the little fires at my house and my neighbors, saving our asses. He is a brave and beautiful, a selfless and kind man. So I was able to go be silly with my kids today and go get our nails painted funny colors, without bearing the heavy weariness of having lost all my stuff. We are not out of the woods yet, but with people like eric around we are gonna be ok. Times like these we have to do everything we can to help each other, listen to each other, step up for our neighbors. Empathy is everything, our greatest trait.

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My neighbor just steals the newspaper…

 

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