Firefighter killed in wildfire north of San Francisco

摘要

A firefighter was killed and another injured yesterday battling a wildfire in a Northern California forest, authorities said. The firefighter was killed in Mendocino National Forest north of San Francisco, where a wildfire that started on Aug. 17 was 20% contained, according to a statement from the U.S. Forest Service. No other details were immediately available. The blaze was burning in timber, chaparral and tall grass. It began as 37 separate fires, but many have either been contained or merged, according to the Forest Service. Many other fires continued to burn.