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WASHINGTON: Three firefighters have died battling fierce blazes along the Utah-Colorado border, driven by high temperatures, strong winds and low humidity.
Dangerous weather conditions are compounding a fire season made worse by historically low snowpack, with more than a dozen blazes burning across hundreds of thousands of acres in the two states.
Five firefighters were trapped in a fire over the weekend, with three losing their lives and two others treated for burn injuries, the US Wildland Fire Service said in a statement.
“Wildfire conditions remain critical for the Southwest and portions of the Great Basin through on Monday,” the National Weather Service said in an update.
