The Granite Mountain Hotshots Victims

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

The granite mountain hotshots victims. Also on june 30 the granite mountain interagency hotshot learning and tribute center at the prescott gateway mall will place a memorial wreath in remembrance of the fallen hotshots but there will be no formal ceremony. On june 30 2013 the small town of yarnell arizona was under evacuation as a wildfire ravaged the nearby wilderness. We invite you to hike the trail to better understand the experience of these men as well as to appreciate the beauty of the town of yarnell. It s been four years since arizona s firefighting community lost 19 of its own.

These are the stories of the granite mountain hotshots who died sunday june 30 2013 while fighting a fire near yarnell ariz. The center will be open daily through july 5 monday through saturday 10 a m. On june 30 firefighters with the prescott fire department s interagency called the granite mountain hotshots were overrun and killed by the fire. Granite mountain hot shot firefighter autopsy reports 2013 yarnell hill fire.

They are memorialized in the new movie only the brave. To 4 p m and sundays 11 a m. 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 yarnell hill fire was a wildfire near yarnell arizona ignited by lightning on june 28 2013.

A 20 man crew the granite mountain hotshots were on the frontlines of the. The couple hunkered down inside their house as flames. 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. Granite mountain hotshots memorial state park was dedicated in 2016 as a place to remember the 19 granite mountain hotshot firefighters who were lost on june 30 2013 while fighting the yarnell hill fire.

Granite mountain hotshots memorial state park was dedicated in 2016 as a place to remember the 19 granite mountain hotshot firefighters who were lost on june 30 2013 while fighting the yarnell hill fire.