SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — A fourth wildland firefighter died Friday from injuries battling the Knowles Fire near the Utah-Colorado border, according to the United States Department of the Interior.
Nathan Matthews, 43, of the Wildland Fire Service, of Lincoln, Nebraska, died from injuries he sustained while fighting the Knowles Fire in western Colorado on June 27.
Matthews was reportedly assigned to the Rifle Helitack crew and was one of five firefighters involved in a burnover. His injuries occurred while engaged in initial attack operations on the Knowles Fire…