Deadliest Wildfire in 30 Years Kills 19 Firefighters in AZ

I don't know what I can say to add to this post.
My heart is heavy for the families who lost these brave firefighters while battling these flames to save others.

The fire started from a lightening strike that spread 2000 acres on Friday.


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YARNELL, Ariz. (AP) —
Gusty, hot winds blew an Arizona blaze out of control Sunday in a forest northwest of Phoenix, overtaking and killing 19 members of an elite fire crew in the deadliest wildfire involving firefighters in the U.S. for at least 30 years.
The "hotshot" firefighters were forced to deploy their emergency fire shelters — tent-like structures meant to shield firefighters from flames and heat — when they were caught near the central Arizona town of Yarnell, state forestry spokesman Art Morrison told The Associated Press.
The flames lit up the night sky in the forest above the town, and smoke from the blaze could be smelled for miles.
The fire started after a lightning strike on Friday and spread to 2,000 acres on Sunday amid triple-digit temperatures, low humidity and windy conditions. Officials ordered the evacuations of 50 homes in several communities, and later Sunday afternoon, the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office expanded the order to include more residents in Yarnell, a town of about 700 residents about 85 miles northwest of Phoenix.

Prescott Fire Chief Dan Fraijo said that the 19 firefighters were a part of the city's fire department.
"We grieve for the family. We grieve for the department. We grieve for the city," he said at a news conference Sunday evening.
"We're devastated. We just lost 19 of the finest people you'll ever meet."
Hot shot crews are elite firefighters who often hike for miles into the wilderness with chain saws and backpacks filled with heavy gear to build lines of protection between people and fires. They remove brush, trees and anything that might burn in the direction of homes and cities.
The crew killed in the blaze had worked other wildfires in recent weeks in New Mexico and Arizona, Fraijo said. "By the time they got there, it was moving very quickly," Fraijo told the AP of Sunday's fire.
He added that the firefighters had to deploy the emergency shelters when "something drastic" occurred. "One of the last fail safe methods that a firefighter can do under those conditions is literally to dig as much as they can down and cover themselves with a protective — kinda looks like a foil type — fire-resistant material — with the desire, the hope at least, is that the fire will burn over the top of them and they can survive it," Fraijo said. "Under certain conditions there's usually only sometimes a 50 percent chance that they survive," he said. "It's an extreme measure that's taken under the absolute worst conditions."
"This is as dark a day as I can remember," Gov. Jan Brewer said in a statement. "It may be days or longer before an investigation reveals how this tragedy occurred, but the essence we already know in our hearts: fighting fires is dangerous work." ."
Morrison said several homes in the community of Glenisle burned on Sunday. He said no other injuries or deaths have been reported from that area.
About 200 firefighters are fighting the wildfire, which has also forced the closure of parts of state Route 89. An additional 130 firefighters and more water- and retardant-dropping helicopters and aircraft are on their way.
Federal help was also being called into to help, Arizona State Forestry Division spokesman Mike Reichling said.

Billeaud reported from Phoenix. Associated Press reporter Martin Di Caro in Washington, D.C., also contributed to this story.

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Maybe Already Posted Mr. Sled..But i give you 1 star..
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That would be Ms. Sled.

I'm sorry. I did a search before posting, but didn't see anything about this.

Thanks for alerting me.

ETA: Can you provide a link? I still don't see it.

Originally posted by sled735
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That would be Ms. Sled.

I'm sorry. I did a search before posting, but didn't see anything about this.

Thanks for alerting me.

ETA: Can you provide a link? I still don't see it.

edit on 7/1/2013 by sled735 because: (no reason given)

i am sory Ms.Sled..
That's the link..Once Again Sory

I have just seen this incident on BBC TV News, I and my family are very saddened to hear of this tragic news today of this fire, our hearts go out to the family's of those firemen & the teams they work with who will feel the loss too within the ranks, I hope they the people who are involved with this can understand that god works in odd ways, he destroys, he heals, he builds, the things are strange to understand how he works.

Good day Sled

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This is more important than most of the garbage people are posting about today. Very sad, these are real heroes.

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Since when is offering a ride to 12 year olds you don't know being nice.

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What does your post have to do with the 19 firefighters that were killed on the job?

Do you have my thread mixed up for another?

Originally posted by sled735
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What does your post have to do with the 19 firefighters that were killed on the job?

Do you have my thread mixed up for another?

Bee tea.

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Microsoft windows

Meteorites

Boiled frogs. People need to wake up. I don't that many of you understand the jeopardy.

If dragons can offer up obedience.....then anyone is capable of obedience. Especially when their own lives and the lives of their families are at stake.

Lightning strike, my butt. It was started by illegals but obozo won't let the state say that.