Blackwater starts bringing relief to California fire victims

You wouldn't know it from the headlines, but relief work is an important part of Blackwater's mission, both as a business and as a service-oriented company. Because the company seldom issued press releases until recently, it hasn't told the public of its humanitarian work around the world and here at home.

The company's hometown newspaper, the Virginian-Pilot, reported this weekend that Blackwater has started to help deliver food and supplies to victims of the wild fires in southern California.

So far, according to the report, "Blackwater has made three deliveries of food, water, personal hygiene products and generator fuel to 300 area residents, many of whom have been trapped for days without supplies."

Photo: California firemen pass San Diego blaze.