Bodies of 3 Firefighters Arrive in Colorado as Utah Border Wildfires Near 30,000 Acres
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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 28
Bodies of 3 Firefighters Arrive in Colorado as Utah Border Wildfires Near 30,000 Acres
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 28
Summary
Grand Junction Regional Airport received the bodies of three firefighters Sunday morning, as colleagues with black-striped badges gathered to mourn after a medevac helicopter landed around 9:30 a.m.
The three died while helping battle the Knowles and Gore fires near the Utah-Colorado border, where those blazes merged with the Snyder fire and have burned nearly 30,000 acres.
The National Weather Service labeled the area a particularly dangerous situation, warning that winds up to 40 mph, low humidity and dry fuels could drive rapid fire growth.
Evacuation orders are in place in parts of Colorado, and red flag warnings stretch across the Southwest, where fires have also spread through Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada after a warm winter and meager snowpack.