SISKIYOU COUNTY, Calif. – A smokejumper working on the Marble Fire was airlifted out Wednesday after suffering from heat exhaustion. Forest officials were able to call a CHP helicopter Wednesday to remove him from the fire line and take him ...
Birmingham, Ala. — An Oregon smokejumper who was seriously injured while he was in the southeastern U.S. battling wildfires has passed away. Just before Thanksgiving Day, Redmond resident Ray Rubio had just completed a fire assignment in Birmingham, Alabama when ...