A 28-year-old U.S. Forest Service firefighter was killed battling a wildfire in the Modoc National Forest in California. Luke Sheehy, of Susanville, Calif., was a member of the California Smokejumpers, based in Redding, the U.S. Forest Service said in a statement released Tuesday afternoon. Sheehy was struck by a tree while working on the Saddle Back Fire. Efforts to resuscitate him following the 5 p.m. incident were not successful. He was flown by helicopter to a hospital in Alturas where he was pronounced dead...more
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