Arizona firefighter killed while battling fire near Colorado-Utah border | FOX 10 Phoenix

A Valley firefighter was killed while battling a raging wildfire along the Colorado-Utah border. According to the U.S Department of the Interior, Nick Hutcherson, a 27-year-old Glendale man assigned to the U.S. Forest Service Kaibab National Forest, died while responding to the Knowles Fire on June 27. Emily Barker of Clinton Township, Michigan, and Sydney Watson of Warrior, Alabama, were also killed. Two other firefighters were injured. The Snyder Fire merged with the Jones Fire and subsequently overtook the Knowles and Gore Fires, burning over 28,000 acres along the border. Officials say the firefighters got caught in a burnover incident, which occurs when the growing fire cuts off all escape routes, and they needed to deploy the shelters. Subscribe to FOX 10 Phoenix!    / @fox10phoenix   #wildfires #arizona #colorado #utah #news #fox10phoenix FOX 10 Phoenix delivers breaking news, live events, politics, entertainment, business news and local stories from Phoenix, Arizona and across the nation. Watch more FOX 10 Phoenix on YouTube:    • Arizona headlines      • National headlines      • Top Videos