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Bear Springs Fire Entrapment 1934

  • Incident Information:

    Attachment Size
    Bear Springs Fire Entrapment USFS Regional Newsletter.pdf (2.62 MB) 2.62 MB

  • Location:

    California

  • Date:

    08/31/1934

  • Incident Type:

    Entrapment

  • Description:

    John Everitt was the Forest Supervisor of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest in California. On the afternoon of August 25 he left the fire camp on the south end of the Bear Springs Fire to scout the situation. Soon afterward the fire increased activity on the south end and the fire camp was relocated. His path was retraced through tracking the following day. He apparently became entrapped by the advancing fire and eventually sought shelter by digging a shallow hole and lying flat in it. Here his body was discovered. 

    Entrapment, Fatality, Fire Behavior

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