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Red Lodge firefighter Dan Steffensen, 65, gives a brief speech while being welcomed home Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, at the Red Lodge Airport in Red Lodge, Mont. Steffensen was flown to the University of Utah Burn Center in July after he was severely burned while fighting a fire north of Joliet, Mont. He underwent multiple surgeries, including skin grafts. (Ryan Berry/The Billings Gazette via AP)

Red Lodge firefighter Dan Steffensen, 65, gives a brief speech while being welcomed home Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, at the Red Lodge Airport in Red Lodge, Mont. Steffensen was flown to the University of Utah Burn Center in July after he was severely burned while fighting a fire north of Joliet, Mont. He underwent multiple surgeries, including skin grafts. (Ryan Berry/The Billings Gazette via AP)

September 25, 2021

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Red Lodge firefighter, burned this summer, returns home
September 25, 2021 4:49 p.m.

Red Lodge firefighter, burned this summer, returns home

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — When the plane landed and Dan Steffensen’s feet hit the ground in Red Lodge on a recent Tuesday afternoon, the small town and its first responders took another step towards trying to heal from the summer of 2021.