Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Two Florida Firefighters killed fighting wildfire

Josh Burch, Brett Fulton Dead:
Forest Rangers Killed Fighting Florida Wildfire
BY BILL KACZOR
06/21/11

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Two state forest rangers trapped by shifting flames died while fighting a wildfire that also injured two others near Jasper in north Florida, officials said Tuesday.

The rangers were working Monday to stop a rekindled blaze called the Blue Ribbon Fire in Hamilton County on the Georgia line, one of more than 400 wildfires currently burning around Florida in one of the busiest fire seasons in years.

The rangers killed were 31-year-old Josh Burch of Lake City and 52-year-old Brett Fulton of White Springs, said Sterling Ivey, a spokesman for the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
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Josh Burch, Brett Fulton Dead

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