Tractor plow at the 2002 Blackjack Bay Fire, Okeefenokee NWR, Florida and Georgia. Photo by Bill Gabbert
We did some research on the history of line of duty deaths involving the operators of tractor plows while working on fires.
Most, but not all, of the incidents are listed in the NWCG publication “Historical Wildland Firefighter Fatalities 1910 – 1996”.
The site of the 1998 tractor plow fatality in Arkansas. NIOSH photo.The underside of a tractor plow at the 2002 Blackjack Bay Fire, Okeefenokee NWR, Florida and Georgia. Photo by Bill Gabbert
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Looks like the Mechlenburg Rx fire was in Mechlenburg county NC. Found article titled Tragic fires in the southeast US
Thanks Jim.