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Shaw Fire Entrapment Fatality 2018

  • Incident Information:

    Shaw Fire Entrapment Fatality FLA

  • Location:

    Oklahoma

  • Date:

    04/12/2018

  • Incident Type:

    Entrapment

  • Description:

    On April 12th, 2018, 61-year-old Jack Osben, a motor grader operator for Roger Mills County in Oklahoma and volunteer firefighter died as a result of thermal burns while providing initial attack to the Shaw Fire. The wildfire grew to approximately 3,500 acres in a mixture of grass and shrubs during a Red Flag Warning day. 

    Burn Injury, Fatality, Initial Attack, Heavy Equipment, Entrapment

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