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Arizona Wildfire Claims Lives of Three Firefighters

9 Jul 2026 2:21 p.m.

Three firefighters, Nicholas Hutcherson, Emily Barker, and Sydney Watson, died in a burnover incident while battling initial attack fires in Arizona's Kaibab National Forest on June 27, 2026, bringing the year's total fatalities to 38.

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