The Granite Mountain Hotshots Deaths. The deaths of the prineville hotshots on the south. The 19 firefighters killed in the yarnell hill fire southwest of prescott were part of an elite firefighting crew called the granite mountain hotshots according to the arizona incident management.
Yarnell each of the 19 crosses marks a spot where one of the granite mountain hotshots died in the yarnell hill fire on june 30 2013. Cariso hotshots on the loop fire of 1966 the mormon lake hotshots on the battlement creek fire of 1976 and now the granite mountain hotshots on the yarnell hill fire of 2013. The tragedy all but wiped out the 20 member granite mountain hotshots a unit based at prescott authorities said monday as the last of the bodies were retrieved from the mountain in the town of.
Yarnell each of the 19 crosses marks a spot where one of the granite mountain hotshots died in the yarnell hill fire on june 30 2013.
Prescott fire chief dan fraijo later confirmed that all 19 were from the granite mountain hotshots. The clips reveal more about the day that 19 granite mountain hotshots died while. One of our friends. The safety zone wasn t planned yarnell hill fire officials had identified.