Updated 11 a.m. Tuesday:
An inmate firefighter who was helping battle a wildfire in San Diego County last week died Tuesday morning from injuries he received after accidentally cutting himself with a chainsaw on July 5.
The death of Frank Anaya, 22, marks the second death of a prisoner working a wildland blaze this year in California.
"We are saddened by the death of Frank Anaya, and our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends," California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) Secretary Scott Kernan wrote in a press release. "Anaya provided an invaluable public service and helped protect our communities from devastating fires."
On May 24, a 3,000-pound tree fell on a prisoner in Humboldt County, killing him. That inmate, Matthew Beck, was clearing brush near the community of Orleans in Six Rivers National Forest.