Prescott fire chief dan fraijo later confirmed that all 19 were from the granite mountain hotshots.
The granite mountain firefighters.
The granite mountain hotshots were a crew within the prescott fire department whose mission was to fight wildfires and when not so engaged in work to reduce growth of fire prone vegetation.
The yarnell hill fire was one of the deadliest u s.
Founded in 2002 as a fuels mitigation crew it transitioned to a handcrew in 2004 and ultimately to a hotshot crew in 2008.
Directed by joseph kosinski.
Wildfires since the 1991 east bay hills fire which killed 25 people and the deadliest wildland fire for u s.
On june 30 firefighters with the prescott fire department s interagency called the granite mountain hotshots were overrun and killed by the fire.
The couple hunkered down inside their house as flames.
Below are the autopsy report of each victim that were made public in 2013.
The granite mountain hotshots were a group within the prescott fire department whose mission was to fight wildfires.
The granite mountain hotshots were a group within the department whose mission was to fight wildfires.
Based on the true story of the granite mountain hotshots a group of elite firefighters who risk everything to protect a town from a historic wildfire.
On june 30 2013 nineteen of the 20 members of the granite mountain hotshots an elite crew trained to fight wilderness fires died as they battled a fire outside of yarnell.
Brendan mcdonough survived one of the deadliest wildfires in u s.
On june 30 it overran and killed 19 members of the granite mountain hotshots.
The yarnell hill fire was a wildfire near yarnell arizona ignited by dry lightning on june 28 2013.
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.
Founded in 2002 as a fuels mitigation crew it transitioned to a handcrew type 2 i a in 2004 and ultimately to a hotshot crew in 2008.
With josh brolin miles teller jeff bridges jennifer connelly.
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.
He enlisted in the granite mountain hotshots a team of elite firefighters based in prescott arizona.
History an inferno near yarnell ariz that killed 19 of his fellow granite mountain hotshots on june 30 2013.