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In Montana, 12 smokejumper firefighters and 1 US Forest Service fire guard are killed in the Mann Gulch Fire.
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Montana
U.S. state
Montana is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota to the east, South Dakota to the southeast, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Smokejumper
Skydiving wildland firefighters
A smokejumper is a specially-trained wildland firefighter who provides an initial attack response on remote wildfires. They are inserted at the site of the fire by parachute. This allows firefighters to access remote fires in their early stages without needing to hike long…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
United States Forest Service
Agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture
The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands covering 193 million acres (780,000 km2) of land. The major divisions of the agency are the Chief's Office,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Mann Gulch fire
United States historic place
The Mann Gulch fire was a wildfire started on August 5, 1949, in the Gates of the Mountain Wild Area, now named the Gates of the Mountains Wilderness, in Helena National Forest, in western Montana. A team of 15 smokejumpers parachuted in that afternoon. After joining up with a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
August 5
Day of the year
August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 148 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)