A helicopter drops water on the Cottonwood Fire in Beaver, Utah, on Saturday. Ty ONeil/AP
Ty ONeil/AP
Three firefighters were killed and two others injured Saturday while they tackled wildfires on the Colorado-Utah border, the U.S. Wildland Fire Service announced. The agency said the crew members had been part of an interagency response to the Knowles and Gore fires.
“The U.S. Wildland Fire Service stands united with the USDA Forest Service in grief and in
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