Thursday August 24 12:16 AM ET
Lightning Kills Two Utah Prisoners Fighting Fires
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - Lightning struck a group of prisoners fighting a mountain blaze west of Salt Lake City on Wednesday, killing two and injuring five, officials said.
Utah Department of Correction spokesman Jack Ford said six of the seven firefighters were inmates from the Utah State Prison and part of an elite fire-fighting unit called the ''Flame-in-Goes'' who were battling a blaze on Stansbury Mountains 40 miles west of Salt Lake City.
The inmates killed were Michael Bishop, convicted of homicide and scheduled for parole in 2002, and Rodgie Braithwaite, convicted of automobile homicide, scheduled for parole in 2001.
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dailynews.yahoo.com
In my mind not a great loss, but a cost none the less.
btw
Oh yeah, why don't you ask these people about spending the money on grabbing land Vs. preventing fires!
Lost homes now 65
By JANE RIDER <mailto:jrider@missoulian.com> of the Missoulian
Inspections show 210 structures destroyed
HAMILTON - The number of structures destroyed by Bitterroot Valley wildfires continues to increase, as officials with the Ravalli County Sheriff's Office inventory more burned-over areas and uncover losses suffered days and weeks ago.
To date, wildfires in the Bitterroot have destroyed or damaged about 210 structures: 65 homes, trailers or cabins, and 145 outbuildings. About 75 vehicles also were consumed by fire, an inventory released by the sheriff's office showed Tuesday. (cont)
missoulian.com
But then, these aren't your cattle or Clinton's(but I do understand Hillary knows EVERYTHING about cattle - or futures at tleast)
ange cattle succumb after blaze
The Associated Press
DIETRICH -- Ranchers who lost about 700 cattle to a range fire almost two weeks ago could still be assessing damage to their herds six months from now.
Bryan McKay and Hubert Shaw are still finding injured cattle on range not burned by the 20,000-acre blaze on U.S. Bureau of Land Management property they lease.
"We don't exactly know what's going to happen yet," Shawna McKay said. They have lost at least half of their 190-head herd. (cont)
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