After fighting wildfires in California, two Arizona firefighters were on their way home when they were involved in a single-vehicle crash on a Nevada highway, officials say.
On Monday, the two firefighters were outside of Hawthorne, Nevada, when their engine blew a tire, causing a rollover, a news release from the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management said.
The firefighters are part of the Elephant Head Volunteer Fire Department in Amado, which is 40 minutes south of Tucson.
The two firefighters, the only ones in the vehicle, had to be extricated from the engine and airlifted to a Nevada hospital with non-life threatening injuries, the release says.
They have both been released from the hospital, but are still recovering, according to the release.
Photos: Uncontained wildfire destroys 500 structures in California
California Wildfires
Firefighters discuss plans while battling the Carr Fire in Shasta, Calif., on Thursday, July 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
California Wildfires
A woman, who declined to give her name, surveys damage to her grandmother's house after the Carr Fire burned through Redding, Calif., on Friday, July 27, 2018. Officials say the extremely erratic wildfire in and around the city of Redding is growing rapidly amid scorching temperatures, low humidity and windy conditions. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
California Wildfires
A firefighter walks past a home destroyed by the Carr Fire on Sunriver Lane in Redding, Calif., on Friday, July 27, 2018. A spokesman says the number of homes and structures threated by the Northern California wildfire has increased after the fire exploded overnight. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
California Wildfires
A firefighter sprays water on a home leveled by the Carr Fire on Sunriver Lane in Redding, Calif., on Friday, July 27, 2018. A spokesman says the number of homes and structures threated by the Northern California wildfire has increased after the fire exploded overnight. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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Kaleb Topal, right, and dad Steve Topal survey a home leveled by the Carr Fire on Sunflower Drrive in Redding, Calif., on Friday, July 27 2018. A spokesman says the number of homes and structures threated by the Northern California wildfire has increased after the fire exploded overnight.(AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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Flames from the Carr Fire lick above a Cal Fire truck in Whiskeytown, Calif., on Friday, July 27, 2018. The flames moved so fast that firefighters working in oven-like temperatures and bone-dry conditions had to drop efforts to battle the blaze at one point to help people escape. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
California Wildfires
Flames from the Carr Fire lick above a Cal Fire truck in Whiskeytown, Calif., on Friday, July 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
California Wildfires
A boat scorched by the Carr Fire floats on Whiskeytown Lake in Whiskeytown, Calif., on Friday, July 27, 2018. The flames moved so fast that firefighters working in oven-like temperatures and bone-dry conditions had to drop efforts to battle the blaze at one point to help people escape. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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The historic Pioneer Baby's Grave rests among trees scorched by the Carr Fire in Shasta, Calif., on Friday, July 27, 2018. The fire rapidly expanded Thursday when erratic flames swept through the historic Gold Rush town of Shasta and nearby Keswick, then cast the Sacramento River in an orange glow as they jumped the banks into Redding. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
California Wildfires
The Carr Fire sends a plume of smoke into the sky above Whiskeytown, Calif., on Friday, July 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
California Wildfires
Cars scorched by the Carr Fire rest at a residence in Redding, Calif., on Friday, July 27, 2018. The fire rapidly expanded Thursday when erratic flames swept through the historic Gold Rush town of Shasta and nearby Keswick, then cast the Sacramento River in an orange glow as they jumped the banks into Redding. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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A Volkswagen Beetle scorched by a wildfire called the Carr Fire rests at a residence in Redding, Calif., Friday, July 27, 2018. The wildfire roared with little warning into the Northern California city as thousands of people scrambled to escape before the walls of flames descended from forested hills onto their neighborhoods, officials said Friday. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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Greg and Terri Hill embrace in front of the charred remains of their home in Redding, Calif., on Friday, July 27, 2018. The couple's home was destroyed by the so-called Carr Fire. (AP Photo/Jonathan Cooper)
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Mark Peterson, who lost his home in the Carr Fire, gives water to goats that survived the blaze on Friday, July 28, 2018, in Redding, Calif. Peterson. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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Homes leveled by the Carr Fire line the Lake Keswick Estates area of Redding, Calif., on Friday, July 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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California Highway Patrol officer Gavin Graham surveys homes leveled by the Carr Fire in the Lake Keswick Estates area of Redding, Calif., on Friday, July 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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