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National public radio; first major national outlet to carry the story with fire size and fatality count; byline Willem Marx

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Reports that three federal firefighters were killed and two injured in the burnover Saturday when the Snyder Mesa Fire exploded in high winds in Mesa County. Fire is estimated at 28,000+ acres with 0% containment as of Sunday morning, having merged from the smaller Snyder, Knowles, Jones and Gore fires. Gov. Polis issued a statement of mourning.

“Three firefighters were killed and two others injured Saturday while they tackled wildfires on the Colorado-Utah border, the U.S. Wildland Fire Service announced.”