Three firefighters killed in wildfire west of Grand Junctio…
Vehicle Fire Grand Junction Colorado in Grand Junction, Colorado: A wildfire west of Grand Junction, Colorado, killed three firefighters and injured two others on Saturday. The five firefighters were members of a Helitack crew dropped by helicopter into remote areas to cut vegetation and create fire-resistant barriers ahead of advancing flames. Like the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire, the firefighters stopped fleeing and deployed fire shelters to try to survive. The article compares the incident to the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire in Arizona, which killed 19 firefighters and remains the deadliest event for U.S. firefighters since Sept. 11, 2001.