YARNELL, Ariz. • As the windblown blaze suddenly swept toward them, an elite crew of firefighting "hotshots" desperately rushed to break out their emergency shelters and take cover on the ground under the foil-lined fabric. By the time the flames had passed, 19 men lay dead in the nation’s biggest loss of firefighters in a wildfire in 80 years. Photos Related Stories Published June 30, 2013 Published July 1, 2013 At a glance — Bodies of firefighters killed in Arizona recovered The bodies of 19 members of an elite firefighting crew killed after being overrun by an Arizona wildfire have been retrieved from the mountain where they died. Prescott Fire Chief Dan Fraijo now says all 19 were from...
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