Monday, July 1, 2013

"Our Entire Crew Was Lost"

"The 19 firefighters were killed Sunday while fighting the Yarnell Hill fire, northwest of Phoenix. It is the deadliest blaze for firefighterssince the 9/11 attacks.
"Our entire crew was lost," Prescott Fire Chief Dan Fraijo told reporters Sunday night. "We just lost 19 of some of the finest people you'll ever meet. Right now, we're in crisis."
The tragedy decimated the Prescott Fire Department by about 20%.Fraijo said one member of the team was not with the other crew members and survived.
  
Authorities believe lightning sparked the Yarnell Hill fire on Friday. By Sunday night, it had scorched more than 6,000 acres and destroyed more than 100 structures, incident commander Mike Reichling said.
Billows of thick black smoke covered the sky as the whopping flames leaped from one stretch of parched land to another.
The wildfire also forced evacuations in Peeples Valley and Yarnell, but no civilian injuries were reported."   http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/01/us/arizona-firefighter-deaths/index.html  
(CNN) Report. 

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