Trapper Peak Fire Medical Emergency Fatality 1967

Gerald Cheline, 19, died after falling into a diabetic coma on the Trapper Peak Fire on the Kaniksu National Forest in Northern Idaho. The medical condition may have been unknown to him at the time. He was observed drinking a large quantity while working on the fireline, which as cited as triggering the medical emergency. He was evacuated from the fire area and taken to the hospital in Missoula, Montana, where he died. The Trapper Peak Fire burned approximately 16,600 acres. This fire was burning at the same and close in proximity to the fatal Sundance Fire.