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Mound House Fire 1983

  • Incident Information:

    mound_house_fire_1983

  • Location:

    Nevada

  • Date:

    08/27/1983

  • Incident Type:

    Entrapment

  • Description:

    At the request of the Nevada State Director, Bureau of Land Management, a team was  established to identify and define the environmental and human factors that led to  two, unrelated accidents on the Mound House Fire on August 27, 1983. The first accident resulted in the fatality of Keith Lemmons, a Dragon Wagon Attack Unit crew member. The second accident injured two engine crewmen and severely damaged one engine.

    Engines, Firing, Fatality, Entrapment

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