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Round Butte Fire Entrapment Fatality 1955

  • Location:

    Oregon

  • Date:

    09/07/1955

  • Incident Type:

    Entrapment

  • Description:

    Wesley Weston, a 41-year-old logger from Bly, Oregon, was entrapped and killed while working on the Round Butte Fire. Weston drove into the fire area with a group of other firefighters, who lost sight of him in dense smoke. A search found Weston deceased in the burned area, apparently from suffocation during an entrapment. 

    Entrapment, Fatality

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