The Havre Daily News is reporting that a woman died Thursday, August 25 from burns that she suffered on a grass fire August 22 in northern Montana between Gildford and Kremlin.
A Hi-Line native injured in a fire south of Gildford Monday died Thursday morning at a hospital in Salt Lake City.
A spokeswoman for the University of Utah Medical Center told the Havre Daily News Thursday afternoon that NellieKim Sorenson died about 11 a. m. as a result of the burns she sustained in the fire.
A representative of the Kremlin fire department, one of several volunteer fire departments that responded, said Tuesday that Monday’s fire, south of U. S. Highway 2 between Gildford and Kremlin, burned more than 100 acres starting about 5 p. m. before it was extinguished about 7 p. m.
Additional details about the cause of the fire or how Sorenson was injured have not been available to the Havre Daily News so far.
The Great Falls Tribune reported that the victim “was identified as one of those who went to help firefighters.”
Our sincere condolences to the family of Ms. Sorenson.
