Agencies to Escort Fallen Firefighter From Denver to Grand Junction

Flags to be lowered in honor of firefighter killed fighting Colorado wildfire

A procession to honor Nathan Matthews will begin on Friday at 7:30 a.m.

Agencies to escort fallen firefighter from Denver to Grand Junction

Multiple federal and state agencies will escort the remains of fallen firefighter Nathan Matthews from Denver to Grand Junction tomorrow.

Motorcade on I-70 to escort firefighter who died of injuries sustained in Colorado wildfire

A motorcade will escort fallen firefighter Nathan Matthews from Denver to Grand Junction on Interstate 70 on Friday, according to a news release from the Colorado State Patrol. Matthews died July 24 of burn injuries he sustained while responding to a wildfire in western Colorado late last month. The motorcade led by the U.S. Wildland Fire Service, U.S. Forest Service, Colorado Division of Fire Prevention & Control, Colorado Bureau of Investigati…

New report reveals extreme conditions faced by firefighters in deadly burnover event near Colorado-Utah border

New details show the crew had less than 30 minutes between reporting a nearby fire and the fatal fire entrapment.

Firefighters killed near Colorado-Utah border were waiting for helicopter pickup when burnover overtook them, latest investigation details show

The U.S. Wildland Fire Service on Thursday released preliminary investigation details into the agency’s first fatal incident. The Knowles Fire, which later merged into the larger Snyder Mesa Fire, caused the deaths of four wildland firefighters. Emily Barker of Michigan, Nick Hutcherson of Arizona, and Sydney Watson of Alabama died at the scene, while Nathan Matthews of Nebraska died a month later from severe burns. A fifth wildland firefighter …