The Granite Mountain Hotshots And The Yarnell Hill Fire

The yarnell hill fire was a wildfire near yarnell arizona ignited by lightning on june 28 2013.

The granite mountain hotshots and the yarnell hill fire.

Just one of the hotshots on the crew survived. The couple hunkered down inside their house as flames. Key evidence that could explain why the granite mountain hotshots moved from a safe location into a treacherous box canyon where 19 men died on june 30 2013 was in the office of the maricopa. The granite mountain hotshots were a group within the prescott fire department whose mission was to fight wildfires.

Yarnell lee and diane helm own a ranch 600 yards from where 19 granite mountain hotshots died in the yarnell hill fire on june 30 2013. On the afternoon of june 30 2013 nineteen firefighters perished in a major fire blowup on the yarnell hill fire yh. The yarnell hill fire was a wildfire near yarnell arizona ignited by dry lightning on june 28 2013. 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.

On june 30 it overran and killed 19 members of the granite mountain hotshots. Now as the investigation into what went wrong nears completion popmech. After burning for two days it overran and killed 19 members of the granite mountain hotshots. In late june 19 firefighters from the granite mountain hotshots died while fighting the yarnell hill fire in arizona.

The firefighters that were entrapped and burned over were from the granite mountain interagency hotshot crew gmihc. The true story of the yarnell hill fire on the morning of june 30 all 20 members of prescott arizona s granite mountain hotshots headed into the mountains to protect the small. This blaze occurred on a rugged steep mountain range in heavy brush fuels near the town of yarnell arizona. Sep 17 2013 19.

The yarnell hill fire was a wildfire near yarnell arizona on june 28 2013. In this exclusive documentary friends family and the lone survivor of the granite mountain hotshots speak out.