Lolo Peak Firefighter Who Died On Wednesday Identified As California Man

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Lolo Peak Firefighter Who Died On Wednesday Identified As California Man

A one-vehicle crash in southwestern Montana killed a 2-year-old boy and injured a 3-year-old girl late last night.

U.S. Forest Service firefighters from San Bernardino County watch a firefighting helicopter they requested drop water on a spot fire near the Mount Wilson Observatory in the San Gabriel Mountains on September 21, 2009.

The Granite County Sheriff’s Office this afternoon rolled back a portion of an evacuation order in the Rock Creek drainage associated with the Sapphire Complex about 25 miles south/southeast of Missoula.

The Missoula County Sheriff and Coroner TJ McDermott is releasing the name of the firefighter who died Wednesday afternoon working on the Lolo Peak Fire as Brent M. Witham, 29, of Mentone, California. He was a member of the Vista Grande hotshot crew, based in Idyllwild, according to the Forest Service’s Pacific Southwest Region.

For the second time in as many weeks, a firefighter has been killed by a falling tree while working on a Western Montana fire.

As of Wednesday evening, the Lolo Peak fire was 6,302 acres and has not been contained.

It was July 19 that Trenton Johnson of Missoula, a Hellgate High School graduate, was killed after he was hit by a falling tree while working on a fire near Seeley Lake. About 374 personnel are responding.

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