3 firefighters killed as wildfires rage across the West, prompting July 4 fireworks restrictions in Utah | CNN

Three firefighters have died battling a fast-moving blaze along the Colorado-Utah border, officials said, as dozens of infernos rage across the West, with Utah imposing sweeping restrictions on Fourth of July fireworks ahead of the nation’s 250th birthday. The three firefighters died while battling wildfires that later became known as the fast-growing Snyder Fire, which as of Monday had burned more than 30,000 acres along the Utah-Colorado border, the US Wildland Fire Service said. They have been identified as Emily Barker, 38, of Clinton Township, Michigan, Nick Hutcherson, 27 of Glendale, Arizona, and Sydney Watson, 27, of Warrior, Alabama, according to a release from the US Department of the Interior. The firefighters had been caught in a “burnover incident,” an extremely dangerous scenario in which firefighting crews are overtaken by a fast-moving blaze with no viable escape route or safety zone, the US Wildland Fire Service said. Two others were transported to a hospital where they were treated for burn injuries, the service said. “The U.S. Wildland Fire Service and the U.S. Forest Service are focused on supporting the firefighters’ family, friends and colleagues dur

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