Three firefighters killed tackling blazes on Colorado-Utah border

The US Wildland Fire Service said the firefighters had been part of an inter-agency response to the Knowles and Gore fires on Saturday

A firefighter watches as the Cottonwood Fire burns near Beaver, Utah (Noah Berger/AP)

Three firefighters have died and two have been injured while tackling blazes on the Colorado-Utah border.

The US Wildland Fire Service — created earlier this year to streamline firefighting and fire reduction across public lands — said the firefighters had been part of an inter-agency response to the Knowles and Gore fires on Saturday.