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Showing Original Post only (View all)Prescott Courier: 18 firefighters dead in Yarnell wildfire [View all]
Source: CBS News
YARNELL, AZ (CBS5/AP) -
The Prescott Courier reports 18 firefighters have been killed in the Yarnell Hill Fire in the Town of Yarnell.
The fast-moving fire has burned 250 structures in the Town of Yarnell and grown to 2,000 acres, command center officials said Sunday night.
Earlier, 19 firefighters battling the blaze in Yavapai County had not been heard from as the wildfire headed into the Town of Yarnell, fire officials said.
Around 6 p.m., authorities said they were unable to establish communications with them, although they had been seen from a helicopter.
Read more: http://www.kpho.com/story/22724064/prescott-courier-18-firefighters-dead-in-yarnell-wildfire
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Dear god. I heard in the background on AM radio that many were missing but didn't expect
Purveyor
Jun 2013
#9
I distinctly remember that fire fighting would be one place where the sequester would be felt...
ReRe
Jul 2013
#27
These were the elite firefighters-first municipality in the nation to have a hotshot team:
Liberty Belle
Jul 2013
#34