The Granite Mountain Hotshots And The Yarnell Hill Fire

On june 30 it overran and killed 19 members of the granite mountain hotshots.

The granite mountain hotshots and the yarnell hill fire. The yarnell hill fire was a wildfire near yarnell arizona ignited by dry lightning on june 28 2013. Nearly 150 yarnell community members gathered at the future site of the yarnell hill fire memorial park in yarnell on june 30 2019 to commemorate the 19 deaths of the granite mountain hotshots. 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. In late june 19 firefighters from the granite mountain hotshots died while fighting the yarnell hill fire in arizona.

The yarnell hill fire was a wildfire near yarnell arizona on june 28 2013. 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. 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. Sep 17 2013 19.

On the afternoon of june 30 2013 nineteen firefighters perished in a major fire blowup on the yarnell hill fire yh. The granite mountain hotshots and the yarnell hill fire. This blaze occurred on a rugged steep mountain range in heavy brush fuels near the town of yarnell arizona. Just one of the hotshots on the crew survived.

The firefighters that were entrapped and burned over were from the granite mountain interagency hotshot crew gmihc. Now as the investigation into what went wrong nears completion popmech. 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.

After burning for two days it overran and killed 19 members of the granite mountain hotshots. In this exclusive documentary friends family and the lone survivor of the granite mountain hotshots speak out.