Arizona Wildfire 2013: 19 Firefighters Die While Battling Yarnell Hill Blaze ...

A KPHO-TV / CBS-5-AZ.COM image shows fires raging in the hills near Yarnell, Arizona on June 30, 2013/AFP. LOS ANGELES, Jul 1 – At least 19 firefighters were.YARNELL, Ariz. — A wildfire that killed 19 firefighters in Arizona also destroyed an estimated 200 homes in a central Arizona community. Dry grass near the communities of Yarnell and Glen Isla fed the fast-moving blaze, which was whipped up by windThere will be a 10am press conference in the morning at the Prescott Council Chambers to give some more detail on the incident at the Yarnell Hill Fire. The crew that was deployed had 20 hotshot members. 19 of them have Earlier, officials had lost contact with 20 firefighters as the blaze spread to Yarnell, Arizona, where it burned at least 250 structures. The Prescott Daily Courier reports that the dead made up nearly an entire crew of firefighters, nicknamed theLoading items

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