Hickenlooper Calls for Quick, Thorough Investigation Into Firefighter Deaths

New information released on firefighter deaths from Knowles Fire

New information has been released concerning the circumstances that led to multiple firefighter deaths during a response to the Gore and Knowles Fires.

Hickenlooper calls for quick, thorough investigation into firefighter deaths

In a Thursday speech on the floor of the Senate, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) called for a full and speedy investigation into the deaths of four firefighters battling the Knowles Fire in Mesa County.

Hickenlooper Asks What We're All Asking About The Dead Firefighters

Just over a month ago, four federal wildland firefighters were fatally injured in a “burnover” incident while battling a large wildfire near the Utah border. This was the worst loss of life for wildland firefighters in Colorado since the Storm King Mountain fire in 1994, and took place following sweeping cuts to federal firefighting resources […]