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An elite team of 19 firefighters died Sunday while trying to protect
themselves under fire-resistant shields from a fast-moving wildfire in
Yarnell, Ariz., according to officials.
Authorities believe the wildfire began in Yarnell, about 90 miles northwest
of Phoenix, Friday with a lightning strike and spread to at least 2,000
acres Sunday amid triple-digit temperatures, low humidity and windy
conditions. As of 3 a.m. this morning, the Yarnell fire had tripled in size
and is now 6,000 acres, according to Arizona incident commander Mike
Reichling.
Eighteen of the victims were from the Prescott Granite Mountain Hotshots,
fire officials said. It's unclear where the other victim was based.
"We grieve for the family. We grieve for the department. We grieve for the
city," Prescott Fire Chief Dan Fraijo said at a Sunday night news conference
. "We're devastated. We just lost 19 of some of the finest people you'll
ever meet."
The 19 deaths is the greatest loss of life for firefighters in a wildfire
since 1933, according to the National Fire Protection Association.
It is also the deadliest day for U.S. firefighters since 9/11, when 340 died
.
The team was known as a "hotshot" crew and was deployed to attack the fire
line with tools.
"Hotshot" crews are elite firefighters who often hike for miles into the
wilderness with chain saws and backpacks filled with heavy gear to build
lines of protection between people and fires. They remove brush, trees and
anything that might burn in the direction of homes and cities.
"They're not the people that have engine companies and large trucks. These
are the core of firefighting where they're right there in the middle of the
incident," Fraijo said.
Fraijo said the crew killed in the Yarnell fire worked other wildfires in
recent weeks in New Mexico and Arizona.
He added that the firefighters had to deploy the tent-like structures when "
something drastic" occurred.
"One of the last fail-safe methods that a firefighter can do under those
conditions is literally to dig as much as they can down and cover themselves
with a protective -- kind of looks like a foil type, fire-resistant
material -- with the desire, the hope, at least, is that the fire will burn
over the top of them and they can survive it," Fraijo said.
The Prescott-based crew never had to use shelters during a wildfire,
according to a 2012 profile in a Cronkite News Service report.
Reichling, the incident commander, said half of the 500 structures in
Yarnell have been destroyed by the "radical weather." Most of Yarnell's 700
residents have been forced to evacuate.
"We have fires throughout the state right now. We have the winds that change
. That's what happened today and caused this tragedy," he said.
Evacuee Don Mason said, "I don't know if my home's standing or not, but from
what I've heard, most of Yarnell has burned to the ground. So it's been
tough."
About 200 firefighters are fighting the wildfire, which has also forced the
closure of parts of state Route 89. None of the fire is contained.
President Obama, who is traveling in Africa, released a statement early this
morning, calling the 19 firefighters "heroes" for putting "themselves in
harm's way to protect the lives and property of fellow citizens they would
never meet."
Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords expressed her shock on Twitter, calling
the death of the firefighters "absolutely devastating news."
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said in a statement, "This is as dark a day as I can
remember. It may be days or longer before an investigation reveals how this
tragedy occurred, but the essence we already know in our hearts: fighting
fires is dangerous work."
Brewer said she would travel to the area later today. | n****g
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【在 k****k 的大作中提到】
: 让人痛心，Condolences to the families.救火队真是一个高风险的工作，去年就牺牲
: 了83个
: An elite team of 19 firefighters died Sunday while trying to protect
: themselves under fire-resistant shields from a fast-moving wildfire in
: Yarnell, Ariz., according to officials.
: Authorities believe the wildfire began in Yarnell, about 90 miles northwest
: of Phoenix, Friday with a lightning strike and spread to at least 2,000
: acres Sunday amid triple-digit temperatures, low humidity and windy
: conditions. As of 3 a.m. this morning, the Yarnell fire had tripled in size
: and is now 6,000 acres, according to Arizona incident commander Mike
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【在 g********t 的大作中提到】
: 这种工作该给领福利的老黑区做 ， 不然不给福利票
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: 应该是每次山火都派直升飞机去火点撒当月食品券，让厮们灭火抢票。
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