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Experts See a Hotter, Drier West, With More Huge Fires
Posted by New York Times: Felicity Barringer and Kenneth Chang on July 2nd, 2013
New York Times: One of the deadliest wildfires in a generation vastly expanded Monday to cover more than 8,000 acres, sweeping up sharp slopes through dry scrub and gnarled piñon pines a day after fickle winds and flames killed 19 firefighters. The gusty monsoon winds where the Colorado plateau begins to drop off into the Sonoran Desert continued to bedevil about 400 firefighters who were defending 500 homes and 200 businesses in the old gold mining villages of Yarnell and Peeples Valley. Scientists said those...
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Raging Wildfire Kills 19 Arizona Firefighters
Posted by Environment News Service: None Given on July 2nd, 2013
Environment News Service: Fighting the lightning-sparked Yarnell Hill wildfire near Prescott late Sunday, 19 firefighters died in the line of duty. The 19 firefighters, all men, were part of the elite Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshot Crew of Prescott.
Fire officials say the Hotshot Crew had to deploy their fire shelters after strong winds pushed the fast-moving blaze over their position. They died in the worst wildland firefighter tragedy in the United States since 25 people died in the Los Angeles Griffith Park Fire...