Firefighter injured while fighting wildfire in North Idaho
Photo courtesy of U.S. Forest Service
A firefighter from Boise is facing life-threatening injuries after an accident occurred in North Idaho battling a wildfire.
Justin “Riley” Shaw, a 26-year-old assistant crew foreman, was working on the Coffee Can Saddle Fire that recently started in the Salmon River Ranger District in the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests. A falling tree struck him at about 10 p.m. Saturday, the U.S. Forest Service said in a news release Monday.
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