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Hundreds attend service for fallen firefighter

Brian Hughes lived in nearby Squaw Valley with his fiancée Paige Miller, who is due to give birth to their first child in February.

Hundreds of colleagues, family and friends attended a Fresno memorial service for an elite firefighter who died fighting one of the state's 17 major wildfires still burning.

The Fresno Bee reported Saturday that a 50-vehicle procession carrying the body Brian Hughes drove through the town before the memorial service. Hughes lived in nearby Squaw Valley with his fiancée Paige Miller, who is due to give birth to their first child in February.

The 33-year-old was killed July 29 by a falling tree while battling a wildfire that has prompted the closure and evacuation of nearby Yosemite National Park.

Hughes was National Park Service fire captain and the leader of an elite "hotshot" crew responsible for fighting fires in rugged terrain.

He is one of four firefighters who have died in recent weeks while fighting wildfires.

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