Nineteen firefighters were killed Sunday battling a blaze in Arizona, the state forestry division said.The vast majority were from Prescott, said Wade Ward with the Prescott Fire Department.
The crew was fighting the Yarnell Hill fire, which broke out Friday northwest of Phoenix. The fire has grown to 1,000 acres, damaged three homes and forced the evacuations of residents in the communities of Peeples Valley and Yarnell, forestry official Art Morrison said.
The blaze is believed to have been started by lightning.
Not including the 19 deaths reported in Arizona, there have been 43 firefighter fatalities reported so far in 2013, according to the U.S. Fire Administration. A total of 83 firefighters died last year while on duty.More
Rest in peace brothers.
ReplyDeleteAnd some of the idiots on here would have complained if they stopped for food on the way home, after fighting this fire.
ReplyDeleteI thought the first phase of this fire was to be addressed with aerial water and chemical drops.When you hear the zero per cent contained statement firefighters on foot should not be a part of the equation.Whoever put them in harms way should be held accountable.I say this in all due respect to firefighters everywhere.
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