3 U.S. wildland firefighters killed near Colorado-Utah border as western fires surge

SACRAMENTO, United States, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Three wildland firefighters were killed and two others suffered burn injuries on Saturday while battling a fast-growing fire on the Colorado-Utah border, the U.S. Wildland Fire Service said Sunday, as hot, dry and windy conditions drove the total number of uncontained large fires nationwide to 45.