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Idaho Volunteer Firefighter, 24, Dies After Apparatus Crash Following Training

5 Nov 2026 10:42 a.m.

Firefighter Joseph Wyatt Gates, 24, of the Raft River Fire Protection District in Malta, Idaho, died Nov. 2, 2026, after the fire apparatus he was riding in crashed. A second firefighter is in critical condition.

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