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Three firefighters die battling huge wildfires on Colorado-Utah border
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- Mike Mc Millan/USFSImage caption, A crew working to contain the Cottonwood Fire, one of several active blazes across Colorado and Utah
- Three firefighters were killed and two were injured while battling massive wildfires on the Colorado-Utah border on Saturday, officials say.
- The firefighters were part of a federal response team assigned to the Knowles and Gore fires.
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Mike Mc Millan/USFSImage caption, A crew working to contain the Cottonwood Fire, one of several active blazes across Colorado and Utah
Three firefighters were killed and two were injured while battling massive wildfires on the Colorado-Utah border on Saturday, officials say.
The firefighters were part of a federal response team assigned to the Knowles and Gore fires. They were suddenly overwhelmed by flames and tried to take shelter, the Department of the Interior said.
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