19-Year-Old Firefighter Who Died in BC Is Identified by Her Brother

A firefighter directs water on a grass fire burning on an acreage behind a residential property in Kamloops, B.C., on June 5, 2023. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

A 19-year-old B.C. firefighter who police say was killed by a falling tree near Revelstoke on Thursday has been identified by her brother as Devyn Gale, who was a former member of the B.C. gymnastics team and a star pupil at her high school.

Nolan Gale said in an Instagram post that his sister was “kind and thoughtful,” and he’s grateful to have grown up alongside her.