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Island Fork Fire Entrapment 1999

  • Incident Information:

    IslandForkStaffRide
    Island_Fork_Fire_investigation

  • Location:

    Kentucky

  • Date:

    04/06/1999

  • Incident Type:

    Entrapment

  • Description:

    April 6, 1999, Island Fork Fire, Cranston, Kentucky
    Two volunteer firefighters died after being overrun by fire. The victims were constructing a fireline with a leaf blower and fire rake on a wildland fire site where the fuel was primarily hardwood leaf litter.

    Entrapment, Fatality, Initial Attack

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