The Granite Mountain Fire

The safety zone wasn t planned yarnell hill fire officials had identified.

The granite mountain fire.

Based on the true story of the granite mountain hotshots a group of elite firefighters who risk everything to protect a town from a historic wildfire. On june 30 it overran and killed 19 members of the granite mountain hotshots. With josh brolin miles teller jeff bridges jennifer connelly. The butte montana copper mines were at full wartime production to support the us in.

On donut s first full fire assignment in 2011 granite mountain was flown by helicopter into arizona s chiricahua mountains a range notorious among wildland firefighters for its steep and. The helms never saw the granite mountain hotshots on the day they died and never knew the crew was working nearby. The granite mountain speculator mine disaster of june 8 1917 occurred as a result of a fire in a copper mine and was the most deadly event in underground hard rock mining in united states history. More 5 new things about fire that killed granite mountain hotshots firefighters a few hours after the flames burned over they would be among the first to learn the stunning news that a hotshot.

The astounding views from the summit of the granite mountain trail come at a price. Prescott fire chief dan fraijo later confirmed that all 19 were from the granite mountain hotshots. Granite mountain hot shot firefighter autopsy reports 2013 yarnell hill fire. Most men died of suffocation underground as the fire consumed their oxygen.

But views of pointed kaleetan peak deep blue crystal lake the climber dotted tooth and mount rainier dominating the skyline to the south make it all worth it. The yarnell hill fire was a wildfire near yarnell arizona ignited by dry lightning on june 28 2013 on june 30 it overran and killed 19 members of the granite mountain hotshots just one of the hotshots on the crew survived he was posted as a lookout on the fire and was not with the others when the fire overtook them. The yarnell hill fire was a wildfire near yarnell arizona ignited by lightning on june 28 2013. About granite mountain hotshots memorial state park.

On june 30 firefighters with the prescott fire department s interagency called the granite mountain hotshots were overrun and killed by the fire. A total of 168 miners were killed.