Why Did The Fire Blankets Not Save Granite Mountain

The largest remaining question about the yarnell hill fire that killed 19 members of the granite mountain hotshot crew in 2013 south of prescott arizona is why the crew left the safety of a.

Why did the fire blankets not save granite mountain.

Only one member of the 20 person crew survived and that was because he. When members of the blue ridge team. Wade parker 22 was the son of a local fire captain. The safety zone wasn t planned yarnell hill fire officials had identified.

Fifteen of the 20 granite mountain hotshots were in their 20s three just 21. Members of another hotshot team the blue ridge hotshots tried to save the trapped granite mountain crew but were pushed back by the fire s immense heat. The deaths of the granite mountain hotshots marked the nation s biggest loss of firefighters in a wildfire in 80 years. The tragedy sunday evening almost wiped out the 20 member granite mountain hotshots a unit based in the small town of prescott prescott fire chief dan fraijo said.

The two state investigations into the deaths of 19 members of the granite mountain hotshots released to the public in 2013 did not include the complete autopsy and toxicology reports of the men who were killed on june 30 2013 in the yarnell hill fire. Ashley smith times news david turbyfill whose son travis was a member of the granite mountain hotshots and died in the yarnell hill fire talks oct. The 19 firefighters killed in the yarnell hill fire southwest of prescott were part of an elite firefighting crew called the granite mountain hotshots according to the arizona incident management. 17 2013 about the need for a better.