The Granite Mountain Fire

The yarnell hill fire was a wildfire near yarnell arizona ignited by lightning on june 28 2013.

The granite mountain fire.

On donut s first full fire assignment in 2011 granite mountain was flown by helicopter into arizona s chiricahua mountains a range notorious among wildland firefighters for its steep and. A total of 168 miners were killed. About granite mountain hotshots memorial state park. The astounding views from the summit of the granite mountain trail come at a price.

The safety zone wasn t planned yarnell hill fire officials had identified. On june 30 firefighters with the prescott fire department s interagency called the granite mountain hotshots were overrun and killed by the fire. With josh brolin miles teller jeff bridges jennifer connelly. The helms never saw the granite mountain hotshots on the day they died and never knew the crew was working nearby.

On june 30 it overran and killed 19 members of the granite mountain hotshots. Only one granite mountain hotshot survived the fire. 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. 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.

The granite mountain speculator mine disaster of june 8 1917 occurred as a result of a fire in a copper mine and was the most deadly event in underground hard rock mining in united states history. Granite mountain hot shot firefighter autopsy reports 2013 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. But views of pointed kaleetan peak deep blue crystal lake the climber dotted tooth and mount rainier dominating the skyline to the south make it all worth it.

The butte montana copper mines were at full wartime production to support the us in. Prescott fire chief dan fraijo later confirmed that all 19 were from the granite mountain hotshots.