4th firefighter dies from injuries in western Colorado blaze in June - AP News
A fourth firefighter has died following injuries sustained during a wildfire near the Colorado-Utah border last month. Meanwhile, crews in Oregon are working to contain a lightning-caused blaze that has burned 40 square miles.
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The incident highlights the increasing dangers faced by emergency responders during an intense and active wildfire season in the Western U.S.
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FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — As dry, windy weather fueled a big wildfire near a city in central Oregon, a fourth firefighter died after he and several colleagues last month were overcome by a fast-moving wildfire near the Colorado-Utah border, authorities said Saturday.
Nathan Matthews, 43, of Lincoln, Nebraska, died Friday, the federal Interior Department said in a statement.
Meanwhile, several fierce wildfires in a summer of big ones continued burning across the western U.S.
One of the worst — and the one deemed top priority for firefighting efforts — was just a few miles (5 kilometers) north of Sisters, a central Oregon city of about 3,000 people.
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