The yarnell hill fire was a wildfire near yarnell arizona on june 28 2013.
The granite mountain hotshots bodies.
At the age of five andrew moved to prescott with his family where he spent the next 24 years of his life with his brother thomas james t j ashcraft.
After burning for two days it overran and killed 19 members of the granite mountain hotshots.
The tragedy all but wiped out the 20 member granite mountain hotshots a unit based at prescott authorities said monday as the last of the bodies were retrieved from the mountain in the town of.
The granite mountain hotshots bodies were moved off the site within 24 hours.
On june 30 it overran and killed 19 members of the granite mountain hotshots.
On june 30 it overran and killed 19 members of the granite mountain hotshots.
Granite mountain interagency hotshots crew.
Another hotshot had several drugs of abuse in his blood but no alcohol.
Just one of the hotshots on the crew survived.
The granite mountain hotshots were a group within the prescott fire department whose mission was to fight wildfires.
Andrew sterling ashcraft was born on february 15 1984 to parents deborah pfingston and thomas ashcraft in orange california.
Below are the autopsy report of each victim that were made public in 2013.
So what happened that fateful day.
The arizona state forestry division posted the clips on its website this week that were recorded by other firefighters on the day that 19 granite mountain hotshots died.
Founded in 2002 as a fuels mitigation crew it transitioned to a handcrew in 2004 and ultimately to a hotshot crew in 2008.
David turbyfill whose son travis died along with other members of the granite mountain hotshots pauses next to a.
A cell phone belonging to granite mountain superintendent eric marsh and a functioning camera belonging to hotshot christopher mackenzie were with the men s bodies when they arrived at the medical.
The yarnell hill fire was a wildfire near yarnell arizona ignited by dry lightning on june 28 2013.