The Associated Press via The Bismarck Tribune
PIERRE, S.D. — Gov. Dennis Daugaard is asking that all flags in South Dakota be flown at half-staff from 8 a.m. until sunset Tuesday in honor of a state forest firefighter who died while battling a blaze in the southern Black Hills.
The governor’s office says 23-year-old Trampus Haskvitz of Hot Springs died from injuries suffered when the fire engine he was working on was burned by the Coal Canyon fire.
Two other firefighters from Hot Springs, Austin Whitney and Kevin Fees, were injured.
Funeral services for Haskvitz have been set for Tuesday in Hot Springs.
Haskvitz had been employed with the South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression Division since 2006. The governor’s office says he recently graduated from Dickinson State University in North Dakota with a bachelor’s degree in business administration.
Copyright 2011 The Bismarck Tribune, a division of Lee Enterprises
All Rights Reserved