The Granite Mountain Hotshots Victims

A 20 man crew the granite mountain hotshots were on the frontlines of the.

The granite mountain hotshots victims.

These are the stories of the granite mountain hotshots who died sunday june 30 2013 while fighting a fire near yarnell ariz. 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. Yarnell lee and diane helm own a ranch 600 yards from where 19 granite mountain hotshots died in the yarnell hill fire on june 30 2013. On june 30 2013 the small town of yarnell arizona was under evacuation as a wildfire ravaged the nearby wilderness.

The center will be open daily through july 5 monday through saturday 10 a m. We invite you to hike the trail to better understand the experience of these men as well as to appreciate the beauty of the town of yarnell. Also on june 30 the granite mountain interagency hotshot learning and tribute center at the prescott gateway mall will place a memorial wreath in remembrance of the fallen hotshots but there will be no formal ceremony. On june 30 firefighters with the prescott fire department s interagency called the granite mountain hotshots were overrun and killed by the fire.

Prescott fire chief dan fraijo later confirmed that all 19 were from the granite mountain hotshots. It s been four years since arizona s firefighting community lost 19 of its own. To 4 p m and sundays 11 a m. We invite you to hike the trail to better understand the experience of these men as well as to appreciate the beauty of the town of yarnell.

Juliann ashcraft said she found out her firefighter husband andrew was among the dead by watching. On june 30 it overran and killed 19 members of the granite mountain hotshots. They are memorialized in the new movie only the brave. Granite mountain hot shot firefighter autopsy reports 2013 yarnell hill fire.

The couple hunkered down inside their house as flames.