Dossier
burnover
Coverage of burnover in the Nexus archive.
- 4th firefighter dies from injuries in western Colorado blaze
A fourth firefighter, Nathan Matthews, has died from burns sustained during a wildfire near the Colorado-Utah border last month. He was part of a Helitack crew that encountered a burnover on June 27, resulting in three on-scene fatalities and ongoing challenges due to dry weather and wildfires in the western U.S.
- Firefighter dies from injuries sustained fighting wildfire in western Colorado
Nathan Matthews of Nebraska died from injuries sustained during a burnover incident while fighting a wildfire in western Colorado on June 27. He is the fifth firefighter killed this year working on Colorado wildfires.