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  1. Mann Gulch fire: A race that couldn't be won

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    Author(s): Richard C. Rothermel
    Date: 1993
    Source: Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-299. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. 10 p.
    Publication Series: General Technical Report (GTR)
    Station: Intermountain Forest Experiment Station
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.2737/INT-GTR-299
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    Describes the final 20 minutes of a smokejumper fire-fighting crew and the fire that overran 16 men as they were attempting to escape. The foreman and two firefighters escaped. Comparison with the behavior of a crew trapped by a fire in 1985 is described.

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    Rothermel, Richard C. 1993. Mann Gulch fire: A race that couldn't be won. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-299. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. 10 p.

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    fire fighting, smokejumpers, fire behavior, safety, accidents

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