On june 30 it overran and killed 19 members of the granite mountain hotshots.
The granite mountain hotshots and the yarnell hill fire documentary.
On june 30 it overran and killed 19 members of the granite mountain hotshots.
The granite mountain hotshots were a group within the prescott fire department whose mission was to fight wildfires.
On june 28 2013 dry lightning ignited a wildfire on bureau of land management lands near yarnell ariz a town of approximately 700 residents just northwest of phoenix two days of burning led to strong winds that reached more than 22 mph and pushed the fire from 300 acres to over 2 000 acres.
A long term drought affecting the area contributed to the fire s rapid spread and.
On june 30 2013 19 firefighters from granite mountain hotshots crew were killed battling a wildfire near yarnell arizona.
The yarnell hill fire was a wildfire near yarnell arizona ignited by dry lightning on june 28 2013.
In this exclusive documentary friends family and the lone survivor of the granite mountain hotshots speak out.
The true story of the yarnell hill fire on the morning of june 30 all 20 members of prescott arizona s granite mountain hotshots headed into the mountains to protect the small town of yarnell.
Just one of the hotshots on the crew survived he was posted as a lookout on the fire and was not with the others when the fire overtook them.
The granite mountain hotshots and the yarnell hill fire outside.
Founded in 2002 as a fuels mitigation crew it transitioned to a handcrew in 2004 and ultimately to a hotshot crew in 2008.
Huge questions remain about the.
Once is an anomaly twice is a coincidence and three times is a pattern.
Cariso hotshots on the loop fire of 1966 the mormon lake hotshots on the battlement creek fire of 1976 and now the granite mountain hotshots on the yarnell hill fire of 2013.
The yarnell hill fire was a wildfire near yarnell arizona ignited by lightning on june 28 2013.
The couple hunkered down inside their house as flames.