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Crest Way Fire near Yarnell is 100% contained after evacuation orders are lifted
Arizona Fire responded to the blaze. Yarnell residents are no strangers to evacuation: the town in unincorporated Yavapai County was ravaged by the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire that killed 19 Granite ...
Arizona Capitol Times5d
Arizona’s looming wildfire threat: a call for immediate action
The time for studies, committees, and deliberation has passed. Arizona needs immediate, concrete action to protect its ...
Las Vegas Review-Journal8y
Arizona town honors ‘The 19’ firefighters who died battling wildfire 3 years ago
Theokas’ grandson — 27-year-old Garret Joseph Zuppiger — is among those who perished in the Yarnell Hill Fire, the nation’s biggest collective loss of firefighters since Sept. 11 ...
The Express Tribune14d
10 of the Largest and Deadliest Wildfires in American History
The Peshtigo Fire remains the deadliest wildfire in U.S. history, claiming more than 1,500 lives. It occurred simultaneously ...
Las Vegas Review-Journal1y
Looking back on one of Mount Charleston’s largest fires, 10 years later
Hardship struck the greater firefighting community even before the Carpenter 1 fire began when 19 members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots crew died while battling the Yarnell Hill Fire in Arizona ...
How suburban sprawl and climate change are making wildfires more destructive
Neighborhoods tucked into the foothills of Los Angeles are now more vulnerable to fires as rainy seasons become more intense ...
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Where is the juniper tree the Granite Mountain Hotshots saved? Here's how to find it
Tragically, 19 members of the team perished in the Yarnell Hill Fire on June 30, 2013. Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. The iconic Yavapai County ...