Why Did The Fire Blankets Not Save Granite Mountain

The deaths of the granite mountain hotshots marked the nation s biggest loss of firefighters in a wildfire in 80 years.

Why did the fire blankets not save granite mountain.

The helms never saw the granite mountain hotshots on the day they died and never knew the crew was working nearby. Members of another hotshot team the blue ridge hotshots tried to save the trapped granite mountain crew but were pushed back by the fire s immense heat. Wade parker 22 was the son of a local fire captain. Ashley smith times news david turbyfill whose son travis was a member of the granite mountain hotshots and died in the yarnell hill fire talks oct.

When members of the blue ridge team. The largest remaining question about the yarnell hill fire that killed 19 members of the granite mountain hotshot crew in 2013 south of prescott arizona is why the crew left the safety of a. Fifteen of the 20 granite mountain hotshots were in their 20s three just 21. Several had firefighting in their blood.

17 2013 about the need for a better. The tragedy sunday evening almost wiped out the 20 member granite mountain hotshots a unit based in the small town of prescott prescott fire chief dan fraijo said. The two state investigations into the deaths of 19 members of the granite mountain hotshots released to the public in 2013 did not include the complete autopsy and toxicology reports of the men who were killed on june 30 2013 in the yarnell hill fire. The safety zone wasn t planned yarnell hill fire officials had identified.