Members of the Draper City Fire Department and Unified Fire Authority Honor Guard carry the casket of Draper Battalion Chief Matt Burchett to a hearse after being transported from California to Utah in a C130-J by the California Air National Guard Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, in Salt Lake City. Burchett was hit by a falling tree and died Monday, Aug. 13 while fighting a wildfire north of San Francisco. (Steve Griffin /The Deseret News via AP, Pool)
The body of a firefighter killed while fighting a wildfire in California is back home in Utah. These people stood on a highway overpass yesterday to pay tribute to the memory of Draper Battalion Chief Matt Burchett.
Burchett’s casket was flown back to Utah from Santa Rosa yesterday, landing in Salt Lake City around eight o’clock last night. Services for Burchett will be held Monday at the Maverick Center in West Valley City.
Burchett was injured Monday by a falling tree, and later died at Ukiah Valley Medical Center. Meanwhile, Governor Brown has ordered flags in Sacramento to be flown at half-staff in Burchett’s honor.