Kings Canyon Fire Entrapment 1926

The Kings Canyon Fire was burning in the Clear Creek drainage on the  east side of the Sierra Nevada mountains near Carson City, Nevada. Winds pushed the fire into erratic runs up ridges and down canyons in the vicinity of present day highway US-50. A group of firefighters were on a major road when they were caught by the running fire. They attempted to take refuge in a rock rim above the road.  Three firefighters perished at the scene, while two others perished from burns in the hospital. The firefighters comprised a prison guard and two prisoners, a railroad worker, and a Toiyabe National Forest employee. Bryant Whitmore, according to a statement by then-Nevada Governor James Scrugham, had reached safety when he turned to assist Arthur Sunday who was still entrapped. 

Those lost on the Kings Canyon Fire were: George Brown, Jacob E. Mitchell, Ralph Morse, Arthur Sunday, and Bryant Whitmore. 

Entrapment, Burn Injury, Fatality, Fire Behavior