A firefighter working on a prescribed fire died Friday evening. The Idaho Department of Lands says Isabella Oscarson was hit by a falling tree Friday. She was working on the Tinker Bugs prescribed fire in the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests. She was evacuated from the scene and flown to Grangeville where she died. Oscarson was a seasonal employee from Minnesota.
A press release from the Idaho Department of Lands called it “a tragedy that hits the employees at Idaho Department of Lands and the broader wildland fire community extremely hard…We are heartbroken and doing everything we can to support her family and our staff during this difficult time.”
There’s no word yet on funeral service information.
