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Mack 2 Fire Entrapment Fatality 1971

  • Incident Information:

    Mack 2 fire_Robert Miller photo
    Mack_2_1971

  • Location:

    California

  • Date:

    09/19/1971

  • Incident Type:

    Entrapment

  • Description:

    On Sunday, September 19, 1971, at approximately 1045 hours, Vista Grande Tanker Crew Foreman, Robert M. Miller was fatally burned while trying to escape a flareup on the Mack #2 Fire. This fire occurred in the California Division of Forestry/U.S. Forest Service Mutual Aid Area on Indian Reservation land adjacent to the north boundary of the San Jacinto Ranger District, San Bernardino National Forest.

    Entrapment, Fatality, Engines, Initial Attack, Entrapment

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