A falling tree while he was fighting a wildfire in Northern California, prompting a review of the incident.
Luke Sheehy, 28, was a Redding-based firefighter with the U.S. Forest Service, specially trained to parachute into hard-to-access areas and combat blazes. He fighting the Saddle Back fire in the Modoc National Forest, one of that blazed up in northeast California over Sunday and Monday.聽
Governor Jerry Brown said Sheehy, who had previously served five seasons as a firefighter for CAL FIRE, was a 鈥測oung man who devoted his life to protecting his fellow Californians.鈥 Flags will at the California State Capitol.