# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at US Forest Service
> OSHA SIR `2021076035` · 7/22/2021 · WINNETT, MONTANA
## Severity
- **5 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Forest or brush fire
- **Source:** Plants, trees, vegetation, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** US Forest Service
- **Location:** Devils Creek Wildland Fire, WINNETT, MONTANA, 59087
- **NAICS:** 922160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were fighting wildfires when the wind changed and blew the fire back onto the firefighters. The employees sustained multiple burn injuries and one firefighter was run over by a UTV while trying to escape the flames.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*