Photos: 19 firefighters killed in Arizona wildfire
June 30, 2013
The Yarnell Hill Fire burns through the town of Yarnell, Ariz. on Sunday, June 30, 2013. The fire started Friday and picked up momentum as the area experienced high temperatures, low humidity and windy conditions. It has forced the evacuation of residents in the Peeples Valley area and in the town of Yarnell. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Tom Story) ( Wildfires Arizona )
Tanker 910 makes a retardant drop Yarnell Hill Fire to help protect the Double Bar A Ranch near Peeples Valley, Arizona, Sunday, June 30, 2013. The lightning caused blaze began on Yarnell Hill on Sunday. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Tom Story) ( Western Wildfires )
Dean Smith watches as the Yarnell Hill Fire encroaches on his home in Glenn Ilah on Sunday, June 30, 2013 near Yarnell, Ariz. The fire started Friday and picked up momentum as the area experienced high temperatures, low humidity and windy conditions. It has forced the evacuation of residents in the Peeples Valley area and in the town of Yarnell. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, David Kadlubowski) ( Wildfires Arizona )
Homes burn as the Yarnell Hill Fire burns in Glenn Ilah on Sunday, June 30, 2013 near Yarnell, Ariz. The fire started Friday and picked up momentum as the area experienced high temperatures, low humidity and windy conditions. It has forced the evacuation of residents in the Peeples Valley area and in the town of Yarnell. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, David Kadlubowski) ( APTOPIX Wildfires Arizona )
Firefighters monitor a restaurant as the Yarnell Hill Fire burns on Sunday, June 30, 2013 near Yarnell, Ariz. The fire started Friday and picked up momentum as the area experienced high temperatures, low humidity and windy conditions. It has forced the evacuation of residents in the Peeples Valley area and in the town of Yarnell. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, David Kadlubowski) ( Wildfires Arizona )
A home burns amidst the Yarnell Hill Fire in Yarnell, Ariz. on Sunday, June 30, 2013. The fire started Friday and picked up momentum as the area experienced high temperatures, low humidity and windy conditions. It has forced the evacuation of residents in the Peeples Valley area and in the town of Yarnell. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Tom Story) ( APTOPIX Wildfires Arizona )
Flames top a ridge as the Yarnell Hill Fire moves towards Peeples Valley, Arizona on Sunday, June 30, 2013. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Tom Story) ( Western Wildfires )
Residents evacuate along Hays Road in Peeples Valley, Ariz. as the Yarnell Hill Fire advances on Sunday, June 30, 2013. The fire started Friday and picked up momentum as the area experienced high temperatures, low humidity and windy conditions. It has forced the evacuation of residents in the Peeples Valley area and in the town of Yarnell. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Tom Story) ( Wildfires Arizona )
Homes burn as the Yarnell Hill Fire approaches Glenn Ilah on Sunday, June 30, 2013 near Yarnell, Ariz. The fire started Friday and picked up momentum as the area experienced high temperatures, low humidity and windy conditions. It has forced the evacuation of residents in the Peeples Valley area and in the town of Yarnell. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, David Kadlubowski) ( Wildfires Arizona )
Homes burn as the Yarnell Hill Fire approaches in Glenn Ilah on Sunday, June 30, 2013 near Yarnell, Ariz. The fire started Friday and picked up momentum as the area experienced high temperatures, low humidity and windy conditions. It has forced the evacuation of residents in the Peeples Valley area and in the town of Yarnell. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, David Kadlubowski) ( Wildfires Arizona )
Homes burn as the Yarnell Hill Fire approaches Glenn Ilah on Sunday, June 30, 2013 near Yarnell, Ariz. The fire started Friday and picked up momentum as the area experienced high temperatures, low humidity and windy conditions. It has forced the evacuation of residents in the Peeples Valley area and in the town of Yarnell. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, David Kadlubowski) ( Wildfires Arizona )
Tanker 910 makes a retardant drop on the Yarnell Hill Fire to help protect the Double Bar A Ranch near Peeples Valley, Ariz., Sunday, June 30, 2013. The fire started Friday and picked up momentum as the area experienced high temperatures, low humidity and windy conditions. It has forced the evacuation of residents in the Peeples Valley area and in the town of Yarnell. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Tom Story) ( Wildfires Arizona )
A fire engine moves along Hays Ranch Road as the Yarnell Hill Fire advances on Peeples Valley, Ariz. on Sunday, June 30, 2013. The fire started Friday and picked up momentum as the area experienced high temperatures, low humidity and windy conditions. It has forced the evacuation of residents in the Peeples Valley area and in the town of Yarnell. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Tom Story) ( Wildfires Arizona )
This undated picture provided June 30, 2013 courtesy of KPHO-TV/CBS-5-AZ.COM shows the Prescott Granite Mountain Hotshot crew of Prescott, Arizona. 19 hotshot firefighters were killed Sunday battling a fast-moving wildfire in Arizona, in one of the worst incidents of its kind in US history, as flames ravaged homes and forced the evacuation of two towns. The firefighters died while racing to contain the Yarnell Hill wildfire about 85 miles (135 kilometers) north of Phoenix, in what Arizona governor Jan Brewer called "as dark a day as I can remember." The deadly blaze came amid baking temperatures and tinder-dry conditions across the US southwest, with records broken over the weekend in Arizona and California, and follows an already deadly wildfire season across the region. KPHO-TV/CBS-5-AZ.COM/AFP/Getty Images ( 521054254 )
Bob Hoskovec says a prayer as he kneels outside the gate of the Granite Mountain Interagency Hot Shot Crew fire station, Monday, July 1, 2013, in Prescott, Ariz. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) ( Firefighters Killed )
Two men place a hero sign in front of Prescott Fire Station #7 on Monday, July 1, 2013, in Prescott, Ariz. Eighteen firefighters from the Prescott Fire Department's Granite Mountain Hotshots team and a 19th firefighter from another crew were killed battling the Yarnell Hill Fire on Sunday. The Granite Mountain Hotshots were based out of Prescott Fire Station #7. David Wallace/The Arizona Republic (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Dasvid Wallace) ( Wildfires Arizona )
Yarnell Hill Fire -- (7/1/2013) -- Bernard Carlsen is emotional as he discusses yesterday's escape from the Yarnell Hill Fire on Monday, July 1, 2013, in Prescott, Ariz. Carlsen's car wouldn't start and he had to make it out by foot. Carlsen was rescued when he was picked up by a deputy and believes he might not have made it out otherwise. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Aaron Lavinsky) ( Wildfires Arizona )
Thomas Herrera waits for news about whether or not his home survived the Yarnell Hill Fire on Monday, July 1, 2013, at the Red Cross shelter at Yavapai College in Prescott, Ariz.(AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Aaron Lavinsky) ( Wildfires Arizona )
Prescott, Ariz. Fire Chief Dan Fraijo gives a news conference in Prescott, Ariz., confirming that 19 members of the City of Prescott's Granite Mountain Hotshot team died while fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire, Sunday, June 30, 2013. (AP Photo/The Daily Courier, Les Stukenberg) ( Firefighters Killed )
Rhonda Chambers stands at a makeshift memorial of flowers and flags with her daughter Ruby Chambers, 6, outside the Granite Mountain Interagency Hot Shot Crew fire station, Monday, July 1, 2013 in Prescott, Ariz. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) ( Firefighters Killed )
Incident Commander Roy Hall pauses when asked about the fallen firefighters Monday, July 1 2013 near Yarnell, Ariz. Nineteen firefighters have died in the Yarnell Hill Fire that has ripped through half of the town and sent residents to Prescott for safety. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, David Kadlubowski) ( Wildfires Arizona )
Firefighters work near a wildfire burning along a ridge in Yarnell, Ariz., in this photo provided by the U.S. Forest Service, Monday, July 1, 2013. (AP Photo/U.S. Forest Service) ( Firefighters Killed Arizona Wildfires )
A photo of one of the 19 Granite Mountain Hot Shot crew members who was killed fighting a wild land fire near Yarnell, Ariz. on Sunday, sits at a makeshift memorial outside the crew's fire station, Monday, July 1, 2013 in Prescott, Ariz. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) ( Firefighters Killed )
Retired firefighter Roger (did not provide his last name), reacts after placing a sign (R) outside Fire Station No. 1 in Prescott, Arizona June 30, 2013. REUTERS/Joshua Lott ( USA-FIRES/ARIZONA )
Nancy Myers is emotional as she speaks to her boss to let him know that she won't be able to make it into work due to the Yarnell Hill Fire on Monday, July 1, 2013, at the Red Cross Shelter in Prescott, Ariz. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Aaron Lavinsky) ( Wildfires Arizona )
The Yarnell Hill fire is seen burning in this view from Highway I-17 near Yarnell, Arizona in this handout photo taken June 29, 2013. REUTERS/Arizona State Forestry Division/Handout ( USA-FIRES-ARIZONA/ )
An aerial view shows the Yarnell Hill fire burning near Yarnell, Arizona, in this Arizona State Forestry Division handout photo taken June 29, 2013. Nineteen elite firefighters from Granite Mountain Hotshots were killed in a raging Arizona wildfire stoked by record heat and high winds, marking the greatest loss of life among firefighters from a single U.S. wildland blaze in 80 years. The Prescott, Arizona, Fire Department crew was killed on Sunday when a fast-moving wildfire they were battling trapped them near Yarnell, a town about 80 miles (128 km) northwest of Phoenix. Picture taken June 9, 2013. REUTERS/Arizona State Forestry Division/Handout ( USA-FIRES/ARIZONA )
Flowers hang on the fence outside the Granite Mountain Hot Shot Crew fire station, Monday, July 1, 2013, in Prescott, Ariz. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) ( Firefighters Killed )
Volunteer citizen patrol officer Seymour Petrovsky stands guard at the gate to the Granite Mountain Interagency Hot Shot Crew fire station, Monday, July 1, 2013, in Prescott, Ariz. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) ( Firefighters Killed )
Toby Schultz lays flowers at the gate of the Granite Mountain Hot Shot Crew fire station, Monday, July 1, 2013, in Prescott, Ariz. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) ( Firefighters Killed )
Toby Schultz pauses after laying flowers at the gate of the Granite Mountain Hot Shot Crew fire station, Monday, July 1, 2013, in Prescott, Ariz. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) ( Firefighters Killed )
Toby Schultz pauses after laying flowers at the gate of the Granite Mountain Hot Shot Crew fire station, Monday, July 1, 2013, in Prescott, Ariz. An out-of-control blaze overtook the elite group of firefighters trained to battle the fiercest wildfires, killing 19 members as they tried to protect themselves from the flames under fire-resistant shields. The disaster Sunday afternoon all but wiped out the 20-member Hotshot fire crew leaving the city's fire department reeling. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) ( APTOPIX Firefighters Killed )
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