The Granite Mountain Fire. The helms never saw the granite mountain hotshots on the day they died and never knew the crew was working nearby. Wade parker 22 was the son of a local fire captain.
The crew had their own fire station station 7 where equipment including two 10 person crew carriers was housed. The butte montana copper mines were at full wartime production to support the us in. The helms never saw the granite mountain hotshots on the day they died and never knew the crew was working nearby.
The crew had their own fire station station 7 where equipment including two 10 person crew carriers was housed.
The yarnell hill fire was a wildfire near yarnell arizona ignited by dry lightning on june 28 2013 on june 30 it overran and killed 19 members of the granite mountain hotshots 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. The safety zone wasn t planned yarnell hill fire officials had identified. Several had firefighting in their blood. Directed by joseph kosinski.