Firefighter dies, 1 hurt as 1,000 battle California wildfire

[yuiyoshida]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A firefighter among those battling a central California wildfire died Wednesday and another was hurt when the water truck they were in overturned on a highway miles from the fire lines.

The accident happened as firefighting crews gained ground in their effort to contain the 19-square-mile fire on Vandenberg Air Force Base.

The truck crashed just before dawn at a roundabout on Highway 246 about two miles (3.2 kilometers) outside the city of Lompoc, Ventura County Fire Department spokesman Steve Swindle said.

Venture County firefighter Ryan Osler was killed, and Adam Price was injured. There were no other occupants in the truck.

Osler, 38, was a second-generation firefighter whose father worked for the same department. He was married with two children.

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[lonestarnot]

1. Do they ever figure out the origin of any of these fires?

Poor fire fighters.

[PufPuf23]

2. There are detailed incident reports compiled for all wild fires.

Of course they vary in detail and content according to the size and complexity of the fire.

One reason is to define liability.

Here is a sample of the types of information in a wild fire report:

http://www.interfire.org/res_file/reports.asp