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Three Firefighters Die as Wildfires Ravage Utah and Colorado
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Fires are raging in the arid Southwest after a warm winter. Forecasters say the fires may grow rapidly, and parts of Colorado have been ordered to evacuate.
- Frame 1Officials order Colorado evacuations as Utah-Colorado wildfires kill three federal firefighters and raise rapid-growth safety risks.
- Frame 2Forecasters say the fires may grow rapidly, and parts of Colorado have been ordered to evacuate.
- Frame 3Blazes across Utah and Colorado led both governors to declare states of emergency.
- Frame 4Three firefighters were killed and two were injured while battling massive wildfires on the Colorado-Utah border on Saturday.
- Frame 5The firefighters were part of a federal response team assigned to the Knowles and Gore fires.
- Frame 6The firefighters deployed emergency shelters during the burnover incident in Mesa County, Colorado, the Interior Department said.
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- Jun 28, 11:01 PM EDT
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- Jun 28, 7:05 PM EDT