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Incident Information:
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Location:
South Dakota -
Date:
07/08/2007 -
Incident Type:
Entrapment -
Description:
On July 8, 2007 at approximately 0020 hours, two Black Hills National Forest firefighters assigned to the
Alabaugh Canyon Fire were entrapped by the fire and deployed a single fire shelter. At the time
of the accident the firefighters were conducting burn out operations around a residence in the
wildland urban interface. The two firefighters sustained a range of superficial and significant
burns due to a sudden, intense crown fire near their position as they were deploying the fire
shelter.Fire Shelter Deployment, Firing, Fire Behavior, Burn Injury, Entrapment, Initial Attack, Structure Protection