21-year-old firefighter from Boulder killed in on-duty crash in Oregon
A 21-year-old firefighter from Boulder who had been battling Oregon's Flat fire died in an on-duty crash near Powers, Oregon, on Friday.
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A 21-year-old firefighter from Boulder who had been battling Oregon's Flat fire died in an on-duty crash near Powers, Oregon, on Friday.
A U.S. Forest Service firefighter from Boulder was killed in an on-duty crash Friday near Powers, Oregon, the agency announced.
Benjamin Sapper, originally from Boulder, was 21 when killed in accident near Powers, Oregon. He was a Forest Service firefighter on the Gold Beach Ranger District.
Benjamin Charles Sapper was working as a first-year hand-crew member with the Gold Beach Ranger District in Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, according to a Saturday news release from the U.S. Forest Service.