Three firefighters were killed and two more were injured Saturday during a "burnover" incident while battling the a 28,000-acre wildfire along the Colorado-Utah border, officials announced. File Photo by Peter DaSilva/UPI | License Photo
June 28 (UPI) -- Three firefighters were killed while battling a wildfire in western Colorado, the Department of the Interior announced Sunday.
Two others were being treated for burn injuries sustained in the Saturday "burnover" incident at the Knowles and Gore fires in Mesa County near the Colorado-Utah border, officials in a statement.
The identities of the fallen Wildland Fire Service and Forest Service firefighters were not immediately released pending notifications of their relatives.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said he was "devastated about the loss of three heroic firefighters who died in the line of duty in Western Colorado."
