Firefighter dies battling Yosemite blaze

[GreenMachine]

A firefighter identified as Brian Hughes died on Sunday while battling the Ferguson Fire, which is near Yosemite National Park.

Hughes "was struck and killed by a tree" while fighting the blaze, the Sequoia and Kings National Parks Service said. "We grieve his loss," they wrote on Twitter.

The remains of a person who ignored Carr fire evacuation orders was found in a burned out residence on Sunday, said Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko.

Two firefighters were killed earlier battling the Carr blaze and three people -- a 70-year-old woman and her two great-grandchildren aged four and five -- perished when their Redding home was swallowed up by flames.