LANCASTER — Two firefighters who were killed trying to protect their fellow firefighters stuck in the path of last year's Station Fire had a section of highway through the burned area named after them today.

The Angeles Forest Highway, also known as County Road S-2, was given the honorary name of the "Capt. Ted Hall and Engineer Arnie Quinones Memorial Highway" at a ceremony at a Lancaster fire station.

Hall, 47, and Quinones, 35, were killed while trying to devise a protection strategy for their fire camp, Camp 16, were several dozen inmate firefighters were trapped as the blaze moved toward them Aug. 30, 2009. Their truck fell off a cliff, perhaps while the firefighters were blinded by smoke.

Camp 16 burned to the ground, with dozens of inmate firefighters sheltering in place. No one was hurt there.