Carlos Baltazar, 35, of La Puente, was last seen by his family on Sept. 20, 2020. He reportedly had gone to the barracks of his Forest Service crew to help arrange the funeral of Charlie Morton, the ...

U.S. Forest Service firefighter Carlos Baltazar was off-duty when he went missing in 2020, officials said. The remains were ...

Human remains found by a hunter last fall have been identified as a firefighter missing since 2020, California deputies say. The remains found near Cactus Flats in October belonged to Carlos Baltazar, ...

As snowflakes covered his hair and jacket bearing a patch from his time working as an elite “hotshot” firefighter in Lake County, California, McLane dismissed the notion that fighting fires ...

Colorado, like many other states in the West, relies on federal firefighting teams to battle large-scale fires across its federal public lands, which cover about a third of the state.

Women firefighters with reproductive cancers are now eligible for federal compensation. A new policy acknowledges their unique occupational hazards and ensures care for treatment.

Jorge Hurtado, a wildland firefighter and local author, has developed a children’s book series designed to educate kids on ...

Remains found near Big Bear have been identified as those of a firefighter who went missing ... help arrange the funeral of Charlie Morton, the Hotshot squad boss who died Sept.

His cause of death remained undetermined. Baltazar, a U.S. Forest Service wildland firefighter with the Big Bear Hotshots, was off-duty when he was reported missing in the area in September of 2020.