'We Are Heartbroken': Idaho Firefighter Dies After Being Struck by a Tree During Prescribed Burn

IDL firefighter dies while helping with prescribed fire in Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest

GRANGEVILLE, Idaho -- An Idaho Department of Lands firefighter was killed Friday evening while helping with a prescribed fire in the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest.

Idaho Department of Lands firefighter dies while assisting with prescribed fire

GRANGEVILLE, Idaho – One Idaho Department of Lands firefighter is dead after she was struck by a falling tree while assisting with a prescribed fire in the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests.

Firefighter dies while working on prescribed burn in Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest

A seasonal firefighter from Minnesota is dead after being hit by a falling tree on Friday, reports the Idaho Department of Lands.An employee of the Idaho Department of Lands (IDL), Isabella Oscarson, was working the Tinker Bugs prescribed fire in the Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests when the accident occurred.Oscarson was evacuated by air and flown to Grangeville, where she later died from her injuries."This is a tragedy that hits the emp…

Idaho firefighter dies after being struck by falling tree during prescribed burn

Isabella Oscarson, a firefighter with the Idaho Department of Lands, died Friday evening after being struck by a falling tree earlier that day.Oscarson was assi

'We are heartbroken': Idaho firefighter dies after being struck by a tree during prescribed burn

Isabella Oscarson died from her injuries on Friday. Governor Little ordered flags to be immediately lowered in her honor.

Idaho firefighter dies working prescribed burn

Isabella Oscarson, a seasonal employee from Minnesota, was assisting with the U.S. Forest Service’s Tinker Bugs prescribed fire in the Nez Perce–Clearwater National Forests. Continue reading…