Arizona forest fire claims 19 firefighters
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View ArticleArizona fire deaths: City mourns loss of 19 elite firefighters
More than 1,000 people packed an Arizona university gym to honour the bravery and sacrifice of 19 elite firefighters who died battling the state's Yarnell Fire. Those in the crowd rocked children in...
View Article19 firefighters killed in Arizona forest fire
YARNELL, Ariz. A sudden windstorm turned an Arizona forest fire into an out-of-control inferno that trapped and killed 19 firefighters, nearly all of them members of an elite crew of "hotshots,"...
View ArticlePortable shelters couldn’t save 19 firefighters
PRESCOTT, Ariz. With no way out, the 19 elite firefighters did what they were trained to do when trapped by a wildfire: They unfurled their foil-lined, heat-resistant tarps and rushed to cover...
View ArticleHow Hotshot firefighters made one last desperate bid for survival
The Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshot Crew: 19 firefighters were killed on Sunday. Photo: Reuters With no way out, the 19 elite firefighters did what they were trained to do when trapped by a...
View ArticleMore than 200 battle Arizona wildfires day after death of 19 firefighters
Galleries YARNELL, Ariz. - A sudden windstorm turned an Arizona forest fire into an out-of-control inferno that trapped and killed 19 firefighters, nearly all of them members of an elite crew of...
View ArticleArizona wildfire kills 19 members of elite crew
By JOHN MARSHALL and JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press YARNELL, Ariz. (AP) - An elite crew of firefighters trained to battle the nation's fiercest wildfires was overtaken by an out-of-control blaze in...
View ArticlePortable shelters couldn't save 19 firefighters in Arizona wildfire
PRESCOTT (Arizona): A team of elite firefighters trapped by a raging wildfire unfurled their foil-lined, heat-resistant tarps and rushed to cover themselves on the ground. But that last, desperate...
View ArticleUPDATE: 19 firefighters killed in Arizona wildfire
YARNELL, Ariz. - They were fathers and expectant fathers. High school football players and former Marines. Smoke-eaters' sons and first-generation firefighters. What bound the members of the Granite...
View ArticleDeadly Fire Engulfed 19 Arizona Firefighters in Seconds
Reuters PRESCOTT, ARIZONA — An elite squad of 19 Arizona firemen killed in the worst U.S. wildland firefighting tragedy in 80 years apparently was outflanked by wind-whipped flames in seconds, before...
View ArticleArizona mourns loss of 19 firefighters in wildfire; officials uncertain how...
PRESCOTT, Ariz. -- Trapped by a wildfire that exploded tenfold in a matter of hours, a crack team of firefighting "Hotshots" broke out their portable emergency shelters and rushed to climb into the...
View ArticleLocal Fire Chief Reflects on Experience with Wild Fires
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (www.incnow.tv) – A local fire chief reflects on his experiences fighting wild fires in the Western United States. Chief Brain Gillett of the Washington Township Volunteer Fire...
View ArticlePelham Fire Department chief of training discusses how firefighters prepare...
After Arizona's deadly wildfire outbreak, Pelham Fire Department Division Chief of Training David McCurry discussed the Arizona tragedy, as well as how firefighters back home train to protect...
View ArticleFirefighters KIlled: Arizona Wildfire Grows
1 July 2013, 18:31 Firefighters KIlled: Arizona Wildfire Grows Tweet A wildfire that killed 19 firefighters in an Arizona town has quadrupled in size, to 13 square miles. Arizona State Forestry...
View ArticleArizona fire grows as US mourns 19 firefighters
Members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots practice cutting fire lines in Prescott, Arizona, in this handout photo taken April 4, 2012. Photo: Reuters Prescott, Arizona: Reinforcements have poured in to...
View ArticleClimate change can't be ignored in wildfire firefighting
Tragic death of 'Hotshot' firefighting team in Arizona renews debate about global warming's influence on wildfires Flames on a ridge in the Yarnell Hill fire on Sunday. Photograph: Tom Story/AP In the...
View Article>19 firefighters killed in Arizona forest fire
YARNELL, Ariz. (AP) — A sudden windstorm turned an Arizona forest fire into an out-of-control inferno that trapped and killed 19 firefighters, nearly all of them members of an elite crew of...
View Article19 firefighters killed battling Arizona wildfire, more heading to area to...
A group of 19 elite firefighters were killed while trying to stop an Arizona wildfire on Sunday. It is the largest wildfire tragedy in the state’s history. The tragic news was confirmed last night by...
View Article>Portable shelters couldn't save 19 firefighters
PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — Trapped by a wildfire that exploded tenfold in a matter of hours, a crack team of firefighting "Hotshots" broke out their portable emergency shelters and rushed to climb into...
View ArticleArizona wildfire investigation begins as Governor Brewer laments 'darkest day'
Jan Brewer pledges state aid to fight fire still burning in Arizona as officials try to piece together how 19 elite firefighters died A flag flies at half-mast at the fire station in Prescott,...
View ArticleFire chief: Wall of flames trapped 19 firefighters in Yarnell, Ariz.
Prescott Wildland Fire Chief Darrell Willis on Tuesday touches the shirt of one of the 19 firefighters who died June 30 in Yarnell, Ariz. The shirt was draped over a burned cactus at the site, which...
View Article19 firefighters die in Arizona wildfire
YARNELL, Ariz. (AP) — An elite crew of firefighters trained to battle the nation's fiercest wildfires was overtaken by an out-of-control blaze in Arizona on Sunday afternoon, killing 19 members as...
View ArticlePortable shelters couldn't save Arizona firefighters
Juliann Ashcraft, wife of fallen firefighter Andrew Ashcraft, cries Monday alongside her father-in-law Tom Ashcraft outside of the Granite Mountain Hotshot fire station in Prescott, Ariz. (Krista...
View ArticleNineteen firefighters killed battling Arizona wildfire
AP Photo | The Arizona Republic, DAVID KADLUBOSKI An elite crew of firefighters trained to battle the nation’s fiercest wildfires was overtaken by an out-of-control blaze in Arizona, killing 19...
View ArticleFast-moving Arizona wildfire kills 19 firefighters
(AP) — Gusty, hot winds blew an Arizona blaze out of control Sunday in a forest northwest of Phoenix, overtaking and killing 19 members of an elite fire crew in the deadliest wildfire involving...
View ArticleFast-moving Yarnell wildfire kills 19 Arizona firefighters
YARNELL — Gusty, hot winds blew an Arizona blaze out of control Sunday in a forest northwest of Phoenix, overtaking and killing 19 members of an elite fire crew in the deadliest wildfire involving...
View ArticleArizona wildfire: Obama lauds elite crew of 'heroes' who died tackling blaze
Barack Obama sent condolences to the families of 19 firefighters killed in an Arizona wildfire, praising the elite crew as "heroes". It was the deadliest loss of wild land firefighters since 1933. The...
View ArticleAriz. fire chief: Shelters are 'last-ditch effort'
PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) -- A fire chief says lightning sparked a number of wildfires near Prescott, Ariz., the day a nearby blaze killed 19 members of an elite "Hotshots" fire crew. Prescott Fire Chief...
View ArticleDeadly Arizona wildfire investigation due for release
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The findings of a special investigation into the deaths of 19 elite firefighters, overtaken by a raging wildfire in central Arizona, are due for release later on Saturday at a news...
View ArticlePrescott, Ariz., fire chief who oversaw department when 19 firefighters died...
PRESCOTT, Ariz. — The chief of the Arizona fire department that lost 19 wildland firefighters in June says he is being forced out of his job. Prescott City Manager Craig...
View ArticleFatal Arizona fire report: bad communication, no negligence
PRESCOTT, Arizona (Reuters) - There is no evidence of negligence or reckless behavior in the deaths of 19 elite firefighters who were battling a raging inferno in central Arizona in June, but...
View ArticlePortable shelters couldn't save 19 firefighters
PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — Trapped by a wildfire that exploded tenfold in a matter of hours, a crack team of firefighting "Hotshots" broke out their portable emergency shelters and rushed to climb into...
View ArticleArizona wildfire kills 19 members of elite firefighter crew
Updated: July 1, 2013 7:07AM YARNELL, Ariz. — An elite crew of firefighters trained to battle the nation’s fiercest wildfires was overtaken by an out-of-control blaze in Arizona, killing 19 members as...
View ArticleTRIBUTES GROW: 19 AZ Firefighters Killed
Photo Gallery Expand 1 of 8 Nineteen firefighters were killed Sunday battling a blaze in Arizona, the state forestry division said. The vast majority were from Prescott, said Wade Ward with the...
View ArticleArizona wildfire kills at least 18 elite firefighters: What went wrong?
The members of an elite firefighting crew who died in Arizona Sunday were overtaken by a fast-moving fire that was thought to be sparked by lightning, as triple-digit temperatures have gripped the US...
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