Fire burns much of Ariz. town, kills 19 hotshots
By JOHN MARSHALL and JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press YARNELL, Ariz. (AP) - An out-of-control blaze overtook an elite group of firefighters trained to battle the nation's fiercest wildfires, killing...
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 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 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 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 ArticleArizona blaze that killed 19 firefighters continues to rage
PRESCOTT, Ariz. -- Armed with chainsaws and axes, the Granite Mountain Hotshots had been carving a fire break in a rocky area of plunging canyons when a thunderstorm swept overhead. Northbound winds...
View ArticleArizona fire aftermath: trying to use lessons learned
Story Highlights Team of investigators will look Arizona fire with an eye toward life-saving'Time to step back and ask how we can avoid this'19 firefighters died in Sunday's Yarnell Hill fire On the...
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 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 ArticleFirefighter built, tried to protect Prescott crew
By HANNAH DREIER Associated Press PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) - Eric Marsh built the Granite Mountain Hotshots from nothing - and died trying to protect the crew that friends say constituted his life's work....
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 ArticleArizona wildfire kills 19 members of elite firefighting crew
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, killing 19 members as they tried to protect...
View ArticleLone survivor of crew was separated during wildfire that killed 19 Arizona...
YARNELL, ARIZ. — The lone survivor of an elite firefighting crew that was trapped and killed by an Arizona wildfire escaped because he was moving the crew's truck when the flames roared over the men....
View ArticleLone crew member separated during wildfire that killed 19 Arizona firefighters
YARNELL, ARIZ. — The lone survivor of an elite firefighting crew that was trapped and killed by an Arizona wildfire escaped because he was moving the crew's truck when the flames roared over the men....
View ArticleInvestigators in Arizona to examine why 19 firefighters died
Shortly before flames engulfed his comrades, the Hotshot firefighters' lookout radioed his team that the blaze had shifted direction with the wind and that he was fleeing for safety. The harrowing...
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 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 Article‘Dark day’: Flags lowered for 19 dead firefighters in Arizona
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...
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