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Meet the driver who stopped to rescue a rabbit from a California wildfire

Meet the driver who stopped to rescue a rabbit from a California wildfire

A Los Angeles television station has un-hoodied the man who warmed the heart of the Internet when he ventured into the middle of a California wildfire to rescue a frantic rabbit.

For many, it was a bright spot  amid the devastation caused by the Thomas Fire, which has scorched more than 140,000 acres, burned hundreds of buildings and been the source of endless orange-tinted tableaus of devastation.

Oscar Gonzales was driving through one of them earlier this week. He was on his way home from work Tuesday when he and a buddy saw a rabbit frantically running along the side of California Highway 1…