A northern Arizona resident has died from pneumonic plague. Health officials say it's the first recorded death in the area from pneumonic plague since 2007.

A person in northern Arizona has died from a case of bubonic plague, local health officials said. The unidentified patient showed up to the Flagstaff Medical Center Emergency Department and died there the same day,

Pneumonic plague is both “the least common and most dangerous type of plague,” according to the Cleveland Clinic.