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U.S. Forest Service lookout dies in McKinney Fire when she wouldn't evacuate

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YREKA, Calif. - A U.S. Forest Service fire lookout of 50 years died when she didn't heed advice to leave her home, which was overtaken by the McKinney Fire in Siskiyou County, officials said.

Kathy Shoopman, 74, died July 29 at her Klamath River home. The Forest Service, speaking at a news conference Monday posted on Yreka News, said she was among the four people who died in the fire.

The names of the other three have not been released. The exact circumstances of her death were unclear, but she did not leave the area, even though she had been told to evacuate on Friday, Rachel Smith, the Klamath National Forest supervisor, said.

Shoopman told officials she'd be "more comfortable" remaining at home, Smith said. Smith took a moment of silence to honor Shoopman during the news update.

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