Three wildland firefighters die in Mesa County, adding to r…
Vehicle Fire Colorado Today in Colorado: Three wildland firefighters died over the weekend in Mesa County, Colorado, according to a regional report. The deaths come 32 years after the Storm King 14 tragedy on Storm King Mountain near Glenwood Springs, where 14 firefighters were killed in the South Canyon Fire in July 1994. The article also references earlier regional firefighter tragedies, including three Bureau of Land Management firefighters killed in 1976 near Parachute and five wildland firefighters killed in a 2002 van rollover on Interstate 70 near Parachute while heading to the Hayman Fire.