A person in northern Arizona died from bubonic (pneumonic) plague, marking Coconino County's first death from the disease since 2007.

Plague, once known as the ‘Black Death’ that nearly wiped out half of Europe's population, is now rare in humans and treatable with antibiotics. It is caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis

A resident of Arizona has died from pneumonic plague, health officials confirmed on Friday. This was the first recorded death from the disease in the county since 2007, Coconino County Health and Human Services reported. In that case, a person had an interaction with a dead animal infected with the disease.

The death is the first recorded case of fatal pneumonic plague in the county since 2007, when a resident became infected after contact with a dead animal.

An Arizona resident has died from the plague as officials were probing whether a prairie dog die-off in the area was also tied to the lethal illness.