The Granite Mountain Hotshots Survivor

Brendan mcdonough survived one of the deadliest wildfires in u s.

The granite mountain hotshots survivor.

On june 30 firefighters with the prescott fire department s interagency called the granite mountain hotshots were overrun and killed by the fire. As depicted in the movie nineteen of the twenty members of the company died on june 30 2013 while fighting a wildfire and donut is the sole survivor. Before he found the granite mountain hotshots mcdonough was a southern. Nineteen of the 20 members of the granite mountain hotshots an elite crew trained to fight wilderness fires died on june 30 2013 as they battled a fierce fire outside the old gold mining village of yarnell arizona.

Wildfires since the 1991 east bay hills fire which killed 25 people and the deadliest wildland fire for u s. Granite mountain hotshots lone survivor. Mcdonough walks back to his seat after speaking at a memorial service for the fallen members of the granite mountain hotshots on july a week after the tragedy wiped out his team. Only one granite mountain hotshot survived the fire.

From the ny times story 7 2 2013. The roar of the fire was huffing behind me long journey of therapy. History an inferno near yarnell ariz that killed 19 of his fellow granite mountain hotshots on june 30 2013. Every one of the granite mountain hotshots except for mcdonough was burned alive sometime after 4 30 p m.

On june 30 it overran and killed 19 members of the granite mountain hotshots. The yarnell hill fire was one of the deadliest u s. The couple hunkered down inside their house as flames. Here are glimpses of the men they were and what they leave behind.

On june 30 when the yarnell hill fire suddenly whipped 180 degrees around and cut off their escape route from a scrub brush meadow to a nearby ranch. 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. Prescott fire chief dan fraijo later confirmed that all 19 were from the granite mountain hotshots. The yarnell hill fire was a wildfire near yarnell arizona ignited by dry lightning on june 28 2013.