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The Yarnell Hill Fire was one of the deadliest U.S. wildfires since the 1991 Oakland Hills fire, which killed 25 people, and the deadliest wildland fire for U.S. firefighters since the 1933 Griffith Park fire, which killed 29 "impromptu" civilian firefighters drafted on short notice to help battle the Los Angeles area fire. Yarnell also killed ...
Over 90 onlookers gathered on the highway were burned or injured, some badly. The most severely burned, including some of the firefighters, were airlifted to hospitals in Las Vegas and Phoenix. This incident was the worst firefighter tragedy in Arizona until 2013 when 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots firefighters were killed in the Yarnell Hill ...
The park opened on November 30, 2016, and had over 18,000 visitors in its first year. The park, located at the site where the firefighters died, [3] is accessed by a 3.5-mile (5.6 km) hiking trail from the parking area off Arizona State Route 89. The park entrance and trailhead is about 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Yarnell. [4]
Two sons of firefighters killed on 9/11 are being promoted to FDNY lieutenant this week. On Tuesday James Dowdell will attain the same rank as his father, Lt. Kevin Dowdell, who was a 21-year ...
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Two people are dead, including a police officer, after a shooting in southern Arizona early Saturday morning. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...
On June 25, six firefighters were killed in a burn over. Including the first female wildland firefighter killed in Arizona. It was Arizona's worst forest fire in history at the time. Lightning Ponderosa Pine / Pine-Oak woodland Coconino 28,000 ac 44 sq.mi. 11,331 ha 63 6 0 1994 Rattlesnake Fire Scorched the peak of Chiricahua Peak in Douglas ...
Two Arizona women, ages 72 and 82, were found dead in an overturned, bullet-ridden Nissan Pathfinder in the state of Sonora, Mexican officials said. 2 U.S. residents killed in armed attack on ...