A Wyoming smokejumper has died of injuries suffered last month while fighting a wildfire in New Mexico. Tim Hart of Cody, Wyoming, suffered a hard fall on May 24 while responding to a fire in Hidalgo County, New Mexico. He was flown via air ambulance to a hospital in El Paso, Texas, where he died Wednesday evening. 36-year-old Hart was working for the West Yellowstone Smokejumpers based in the Custer Gallatin National Forest in Montana at the time of his death. He had been a wildland firefighter since 2006.
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