Firefighter Killed at Wildfire in Southwest Oregon 27-year-old firefighter Collin Hagan of Toivola, Michigan, was killed while working on the Big Swamp Fire in Southwest Oregon yesterday. He was a member of the Craig Hotshots firefighting crew. Wildfire Today reports that shortly after 12:30 p.m., 9-1-1 dispatchers received information that a wildland firefighter was critically injured after being struck by a tree. An ambulance and REACH Air […] Fire Firebrains | August 11, 2022 0 Comments
Carr Fire, CA Claims the Life of a Third Firefighter Cal Fire officials confirmed a firefighter assigned to battle the Carr Fire burning in Shasta County was killed in a traffic accident. Andrew Brake, 40, of Chico, died in a single-car crash in the early hours on Highway 99 in Tehama County when his Cal Fire support vehicle veered off the road at a curve, hit a tree and went […] Fire Firebrains | August 10, 2018 0 Comments
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