Breaking: 18 Members of Prescott Hot Shot Fire Fighter Team Killed Fighting Wildfire
06-30-2013, 10:45 PM
Tragic. Best to their families and the community...
http://www.prescottaz.com/main.asp?Secti...eID=120733
I know this area very well, and it's like a tinder box this time of year every year. With high winds and high temperatures, fires like this just push right uphill into dried out pines. This is still a really small fire.
http://www.prescottaz.com/main.asp?Secti...eID=120733
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PRESCOTT - The Prescott Fire Department lost nearly its entire crew today - the Granite Mountain Hotshots - with 18 firefighters dying and one surviving.
I know this area very well, and it's like a tinder box this time of year every year. With high winds and high temperatures, fires like this just push right uphill into dried out pines. This is still a really small fire.