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Nineteen firefighters killed battling Arizona wildfire: U.S. Wildland Fire Aviation

By C. J. Refsland on June 30, 2013 • ( 0 )

My Comment: Pray for the families of these firefighters and the people of this city. My heart goes out to them. My prayers are with them.

(Reuters) – Nineteen firefighters were killed battling a fast-moving wildfire menacing a small town in central Arizona, the U.S. Wildland Fire Aviation service said on Sunday.

The firefighters died fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire, near the small town of Yarnell about 80 miles northwest of Phoenix, the service said in a Facebook post.

“It has been confirmed that 19 Wildland Firefighters have lost their lives on the Yarnell Hill fire Arizona. … I ask for prayers for the families and friends of these brave men and women,” the post said.

The fire has charred about 1,000 acres of chapparral and grass since Friday amid tinder-dry heat wave conditions, leading to scores of evacuations near Yarnell.

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