Husband and wife who were members of US Space 命令(する) die in Colorado wildfires trying to 保護する firefighters

  • Marc Allen Herklotz and his wife コマドリ Lauran Herklotz died in savage 解雇する/砲火/射撃s
  • They were trying to 保護する firefighters by 除去するing propane 戦車/タンクs
  • The 解雇する/砲火/射撃 destroyed 502 homes and charred more than 22 square miles

A husband and wife who died in Colorado's wildfires were members of 空気/公表する 軍隊 Space 命令(する), it has 現れるd.

Marc Allen Herklotz, 52, and his wife コマドリ Lauran Herklotz, 50, died trying to 保護する firefighters by 除去するing propane 戦車/タンクs and 弾薬/武器 from their home.

The 団体/死体s of the couple were 設立する in the garage of their 黒人/ボイコット Forest home, の近くに to where 捜査官/調査官s believe the 解雇する/砲火/射撃 started.

The 炎 has been the most destructive wildfire in 明言する/公表する history, destroying 502 homes and charring more than 22 square miles after it broke out last Tuesday.

Tragic: It has emerged that a husband and wife who died in the Colorado wildfires were members of Air Force Space Command. Resident Richard Hoffman walks through the remains of his house which was destroyed 
during the blaze

悲劇の: It has 現れるd that a husband and wife who died in the Colorado wildfires were members of 空気/公表する 軍隊 Space 命令(する). 居住(者) Richard Hoffman walks through the remains of his house which was destroyed during the 炎

Devastated: Brandy Burton carries her son Caiyleb Lewis, 2, through the rubble of her family's home  that was completely destroyed in the Black Forest fire

荒廃させるd: Brandy Burton carries her son Caiyleb 吊りくさび, 2, through the がれき of her family's home that was 完全に destroyed in the 黒人/ボイコット Forest 解雇する/砲火/射撃

Speaking to the Denver 地位,任命する, James Wing, who worked with Mr and Mrs Herklotz, said he had been told they had to taken to long to 避難させる their home because they were thinking of the safety of firefighters .

The doors of the couple's car were open and 公式の/役人s said it appeared they were trying to 避難させる.

Mr Wing said: 'Marc was a 狙撃 熱中している人 and he had lots of 弾薬/武器 and also propane 戦車/タンクs. A neighbor saw them 負担ing them, trying to 除去する all of it, so that it wouldn't 提起する/ポーズをとる a danger to firefighters.'

Mr Wing 述べるd the couple as happy and 追加するd: 'It's a small なぐさみ for those that knew them that they were together in the end, but it would not have been a small なぐさみ to them.'

Speaking to The Associated 圧力(をかける) , the couple's 隣人s (頭が)ひょいと動く and Barbara Schmidt said they last saw the couple at 4:35 p.m.

They told the Schmidt's they had not received an 自動化するd 避難/引き上げ call but were packing.

Hard work: This firefighters takes a break from knocking down hot spots. The fire has destroyed 502 homes and charred more than 22 square miles

Hard work: This firefighter takes a break from knocking 負かす/撃墜する hot 位置/汚点/見つけ出すs. The 解雇する/砲火/射撃 has destroyed 502 homes and charred more than 22 square miles

Fire: The remains of a 1987 Suzuki Samurai sits outside a burnt-down home

解雇する/砲火/射撃: The remains of a 1987 Suzuki Samurai sits outside a burnt-負かす/撃墜する home

Mr Herklotz served in the 空気/公表する 軍隊 from 1983 to 1987 and also worked as a 非軍事の 従業員 in the 革新 分割 of Space 命令(する)'s 空気/公表する, Space and Cyberpsace 操作/手術s Directorate.

Part of his 職業 伴う/関わるd 令状ing 知能 ソフトウェア for the 空気/公表する 軍隊.

Mrs Herklotz worked as an 空気/公表する 軍隊 請負業者. It is believed a son of the couple is 現在/一般に 小旅行するing in Afghanistan.

Still standing: A wrought iron and stone gate still stand relatively undamaged at a home destroyed by the Black Forest fire

Still standing: A wrought アイロンをかける and 石/投石する gate still stand 比較して undamaged at a home destroyed by the 黒人/ボイコット Forest 解雇する/砲火/射撃

Blaze: Some homeowners were able to return to their homes yesterday

炎: Some homeowners were able to return to their homes yesterday

The Colorado 解雇する/砲火/射撃 was 85 per cent 含む/封じ込めるd yesterday as hundreds of 避難させるd 居住(者)s were 許すd 支援する to their homes.

However,? they were 警告するd that many would return to がれき.

Colorado firefighters were also finishing work putting out a wildfire that 燃やすd 5 square miles 近づく Canon City in southern Colorado.

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