Multiple wildfires continue to burn across Idaho. A pair of elite hotshot firefighters were injured while battling one blaze south of Riggins.
Investigators say it wasn’t lightning or some other natural trigger that sparked the Rattlesnake Creek Fire. Law enforcement investigating the blaze say it was started by a person. That human-caused fire injured two hotshots battling the flames Sunday evening. Al Koss, a spokesperson for the Rattlesnake Creek Fire, says a snag – a standing dead tree – is to blame.
“A snag came down and hit two of the Navajo Hotshot crew members,” says Koss. “They were moved from the fire line to ambulances and taken to the hospital in McCall.”
After being treated in McCall, Koss says one of the firefighters was released while the other was sent to a burn center in Salt Lake City.