Two years ago this week, a Colorado fire chief and one of his firefighters were headed to assist with a raging wildfire. They never made it.
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Olney Springs Fire Chief Terry DeVore, 30, and Firefighter John Schwartz Jr., 38, were killed when they attempted to cross a timber bridge that had collapsed. Visibility was compromised by the thick smoke in the area at the time, NIOSH investigators noted in their report released Tuesday.
