Firefighter Fatality

Incident: Lolo Peak Fire Wildfire
Released: 16 hrs. ago

Sheriff McDermott is sad to announce that a firefighter assigned to the Lolo Peak fire was killed Wednesday afternoon. The Missoula County Sheriff's Office is conducting the coroner investigation.

Further details will be available once the investigation is complete and family members of the victims family have been notified.

Please keep wild land firefighters on the Lolo Peak fire and firefighters across the nation in your thoughts and prayers.