By FireRescue1 Staff
NARA VISA, N.M. — A firefighter died Thursday after suffering burns from a wildfire.
The Eastern New Mexico News reported that Nara Visa volunteer firefighter John Cammack, 76, was filling a tanker truck with two other firefighters when the wind shifted, sending the flames in their direction. Cammack and another firefighter, Kyle Perez, were burned.
Cammack was flown to Texas and treated at the hospital before succumbing to his injuries. Perez, 35, was also treated for burns. He has since been released from the hospital.
It took three departments more than 10 hours to extinguish the blaze.