The U.S. Fire Administration had a notice on the death of a Yuma County (CO) firefighter killed battling a recent field fire.
On Tuesday, October 26, 2021, Firefighter Larry Wyant of the Joes (CO) Volunteer Fire Department was driving to the funeral of Captain Darcy Stallings, who was killed last week in an automobile accident while responding to a residential fire.
A call came in for a combine that sparked a fire in a cornfield. Firefighter Wyant, 68, and the members of his department faced 30 mph winds, with gusts up to 60 mph, with the wind direction changing as they worked to stop the fire.
Firefighter Wyant was out of the truck attempting to get a hoseline stretched when the fire overtook him. He passed away at the scene.
