Three firefighters were killed on Saturday while responding to the Snyder Fire, a wildfire burning along the Utah-Colorado border, the U.S. Wildland Fire Service announced overnight.
A memorial procession was transporting a fallen L.A. County firefighter to his final resting place after he was killed when part of a burning front-loader exploded at a quarry in Littlerock.
Andrew Pontious, a 19-year veteran firefighter, was killed Friday when a portion of a burning front-loader exploded at a quarry near Palmdale.
Authorities said the crash on the 101 Freeway that killed a Los Angeles Fire Department recruit was not believed to have been a criminal hit-and-run.
A recruit firefighter was killed early Monday morning on the northbound side of the 101 freeway in Studio City.
A touching tribute was offered over the weekend to a Los Angeles firefighter who was killed more than four decades ago in an arson fire.