Associated Press
BILLINGS, Montana – Two New Mexico firefighters were released from the hospital as they continue to recover from injuries sustained when they were part of a group that was overrun by a Montana wildfire last week, a U.S. Forest Service spokesperson said Monday.
Five firefighters were injured when swirling winds blew a lightning-caused wildfire back on them Thursday. They had been trying to build a defensive line to stop the blaze in the Devils Creek area of Garfield County in central Montana. Four have now been released from the hospital.
The firefighter still being treated a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employee suffered the most injuries of the agency personnel involved but “is making good progress and is in good spirits,” spokesperson Kari Cobb said.
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In this photo provided by the Bureau of Land Management, a helicopter works above the Devil s Creek Fire in central Montana on Thursday, July 22, 2021. Five firefighters were injured when a thunderstorm and swirling winds in central Montana blew a lightning-caused wildfire back on them, federal officials said Friday, July 23, 2021. (Mark Jacobsen/Bureau of Land Management via AP)Mark Jacobsen/AP
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) Four injured firefighters were released from the hospital and a fifth was being treated Monday at a burn center after a Montana wildfire overran them last week, authorities said.
BILLINGS, Montana (AP) â Four firefighters have been released from the hospital and a fifth was being treated at a burn center Monday after a Montana wildfire overran them last week, authorities said.
The five firefighters were injured when swirling winds blew a lightning-caused wildfire back on them Thursday. They had been trying to build a defensive line to stop the blaze in the Devils Creek area of Garfield County in central Montana.
The firefighter still being treated â a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employee â suffered the most injuries of the agency personnel involved but âis making good progress and is in good spirits,â spokesperson Kari Cobb said.