>Fast-moving Arizona wildfire kills 19 firefighters
YARNELL, Ariz. (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...
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SAN DIEGO The deaths of 19 elite firefighters – including three from Southern California – who were killed battling an Arizona wildfire Sunday jolted firefighters throughout San Diego County with a...
View ArticleArizona blaze that killed 19 elite firefighters still raging - and looming...
AFP/Getty Images This undated picture shows the Prescott Granite Mountain Hotshot crew of Prescott, Arizona. Hotshot crews go through specialized training and are often deployed soon after a fire...
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 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 ArticleArizona forest fire claims 19 firefighters
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View ArticleGranite Mountain Hotshots: Biggest Firefighter Loss Since 9/11
The 19 firefighters lost Sunday in the Yarnell, Arizona wildfires belonged to an elite crew called the Prescott Granite Mountain Hotshots. The twentieth member of the team was seriously burned. As The...
View ArticleKilled 'Hotshots' outflanked by fire
An elite squad of 19 Arizona firemen killed in the worst US wildland firefighting tragedy in 80 years apparently was outflanked by wind-whipped flames in seconds, before some could scramble into...
View ArticleWildland firefighters stand down, review safety, as conditions worsen
Federal fire managers ordered safety stand-downs Monday morning and gave hundreds of wildland firefighters the option of packing up and going home after 19 elite crew members were killed in Arizona....
View Article19 firefighters killed in Arizona blaze; 'Our entire crew was lost'
July 1, 2013 -- Updated 1531 GMT (2331 HKT) (CNN) -- They were part of an elite squad who confronted wildfires up close, setting up barriers to stop the spreading destruction. But the inferno blazing...
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 ArticleSudden Turn in Flames Doomed Firefighters
By ERICA E. PHILLIPS CONNECT PRESCOTT, Ariz.—The 19 elite firefighters who died Sunday in an out-of-control wildfire were trained to handle the most dangerous conditions, the kind that raced through...
View ArticleProbe launched into US firefighter deaths
Fire investigators in central Arizona have launched a probe on Monday into how wind-driven flames closed in on and killed 19 specially trained firemen in a tragedy that marked the greatest loss of...
View ArticleInvestigators launch probe into death of 19 Arizona firefighters
By Tim Gaynor, Reuters PRESCOTT, Ariz. - Fire investigators in central Arizona launched a probe on Monday into how wind-driven flames closed in on and killed 19 specially trained firemen in a tragedy...
View ArticleArizona mourning 19 firefighters killed in wildfire
An Arizona town is mourning 19 firefighters killed on Sunday battling an out-of-control wildfire about 80 miles (130km) north-west of Phoenix. Residents of Prescott, where the crew was based, said...
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 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 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...
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