{"data":{"id":1913,"lang":"en","title":"Three Wildland Firefighters Killed in Burnover at Colorado-Utah Border as Western Wildfires Intensify","summary":"Three federal wildland firefighters were killed and two injured Saturday in a burnover on the Colorado-Utah border as the Snyder Fire overran their escape routes amid record-breaking wildfire conditions across the American West.","category":"other","category_label":"Other","published_at":"2026-06-29T14:03:59Z","updated_at":"2026-06-29T14:03:59Z","url":"https://techtools.cz/tools/news/article/1913-three-wildland-firefighters-killed-in-burnover-at-colorado-utah-border-as","api_url":"https://techtools.cz/news-api/v1/articles/1913?lang=en","markdown_url":"https://techtools.cz/news-api/v1/articles/1913.md?lang=en","image_url":"https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2026/06/AP26178802865191-1024x683.jpg","word_count":193,"reading_time_minutes":1,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/3-firefighters-killed-2-injured-while-tackling-wildfires-on-the-colorado-utah-border","domain":"pbs.org"},{"url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/knowles-and-gore-fires-firefighters-killed-utah-colorado/","domain":"cbsnews.com"},{"url":"https://www.doi.gov/wildlandfireservice/burnover-incident-western-colorado-wildfire-results-federal-wildland","domain":"doi.gov"}],"translation":{"lang":"cs","id":1986,"title":"Tři lesní hasiči zahynuli při přehoření na hranici Colorada a Utahu — požáry na jihozápadě USA sílí","url":"https://techtools.cz/tools/news/clanek/1986-tri-lesni-hasici-zahynuli-pri-prehoreni-na-hranici-colorada-a-utahu-pozary-na","api_url":"https://techtools.cz/news-api/v1/articles/1986?lang=cs"},"content":"Three federal wildland firefighters were killed and two others suffered burn injuries Saturday in a burnover incident on the Colorado-Utah border, as the Knowles and Gore fires merged into the newly named Snyder Fire in Mesa County, Colorado. The crew deployed emergency fire shelters when fast-moving flames cut off their escape routes, but three of the five firefighters caught in the blaze did not survive. Names were withheld pending notification of their families.\n\nThe Snyder Fire had consumed roughly 44 square miles by Sunday, while the nearby Cottonwood Fire in southwest Utah has grown to over 146 square miles — the nation's largest active wildfire. Together with blazes spreading across Nevada and Arizona, nearly a dozen major uncontained fires are burning across the American Southwest. Record-low snowpack in Utah combined with prolonged heat, low humidity, and strong winds has created extreme fire behavior rarely seen in the region.\n\nBoth Utah and Colorado governors declared states of emergency. Nationally, nearly 4,688 square miles have burned since the start of the year — well above the 10-year average — underscoring a worsening wildfire crisis across the American West. The two surviving firefighters were hospitalized with burn injuries."}}