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A food truck owner was fined $5,000 by the state for giving free food to firefighters battling a wildfire. She parked near the staging area during the emergency and served tacos, burritos, and other hot meals at no charge to exhausted first responders working long shifts in extreme heat. They were protecting the town from burning down. The state cited her for operating outside her permitted zone and lacking an emergency vendor license, claiming health and safety rules still applied. In court, the judge threw out the fine. He ruled it was a clear Good Samaritan act during a natural disaster—not a commercial operation—and said the state should have thanked her instead of prosecuting.