Yarnell Hill Fire and its aftermath in Arizona
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Wildfire destruction in Yarnell.
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Wildfire destruction in Yarnell.
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An American flag stood in September 2013 where the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots died. Firefighters now consider the ridge hallowed ground.
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The Yarnell Hill Fire left 19 firefigheters dead, the city of Prescott voted to sell their former firehouse.
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A sign near the Yarnell Hills Fire Memorial Park reminds Yarnell residents to keep a defensible space around their homes to protect from wildfires.
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A firefighter from the Yarnell Fire District joins the crowd at the Yarnell Hill Fire Memorial Park on Nov. 16, 2019, to watch the unveiling ceremony for a memorial dedicated to the 19 firefighters who died protecting the town during a 2013 wildfire.
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A crowd gathers at the Yarnell Hill Fire Memorial Park to watch the unveiling ceremony for a memorial dedicated to the 19 firefighters who died protecting the town during a 2013 wildfire, November 16, 2019.
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The monument, dedicated to the 19 firefighters who died protecting Yarnell in 2013, is unveiled in Yarnell on Nov. 16, 2019. The monument is based on a photo of the firefighters taken days before their fatal mission.
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The videos help shed light on the Yarnell Hill Fire, which devastated little Yarnell and killed 19 firefighters.
(Photo by Stina Sieg - KJZZ)
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Many people remain out of their homes, but officials say the Tenderfoot Fire isn't currently threatening structures.
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A makeshift memorial in 2013 dedicated to the 19 Arizona firefighters who died in the Yarnell Hill Fire.
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The fire seemed to hit homes randomly, leaving some lots looking like this - and others nearby untouched.
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Steve and Debi Keehner lost their home to the flames, but were the first couple to move into a new place built with funds from the Yarnell Hill Recovery Group. They display 19 American flags every June in honor of the fallen firefighters.
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Linda Ma's home is just now starting to be rebuilt, two year after the flames. Like many in town, Ma has been involved in a struggle with her insurance company, but also has been helping out with the Yarnell Hill Recovery Group.
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Yarnell is famous for its boulders. At some properties, they're almost all that remains.
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Residents in Yarnell, like Tom Florence, are encouraged to pick up sandbags to help protect their homes from flooding that can follow wildfires.
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Blackened trees reach into the sky in a Yarnell neighborhood.
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Downtown Yarnell looks like many small spots across Arizona - a collection of shops, homes and a few empty, old buildings. It looks pretty much the same as it did two years ago, as the devastation happened in a few neighborhoods off the main drag.
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The photos of some of the Granite Mountain Hotshots who died in the Yarnell Hill Fire on June 30, 2013. The firefighters were honored at a ceremony in Prescott on June 30, 2023.
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An APS banner commemorating the 19 firefighters who died June 30, 2013.
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An honor guard firefighter's axe and mourning band.
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The Granite Mountain Hotshots were honored at a ceremony in Prescott on June 30, 2023.
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Yarnell Fire Department's logo with a black band across it in honor of the fallen firefighters in 2013.
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The Yarnell Hill Fire killed 19 members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, an elite central Arizona firefighting crew, on June 30, 2013, after flames trapped them in a brush-choked canyon.
Read more about the tragedy and how it affected Arizona.
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Hundreds gathered on the lawns of the Yavapai County Courthouse on Friday afternoon to memorialize the legacies of the 19 elite Granite Mountain Hotshots who lost their lives in the violent, sudden firestorm that fell on them a decade ago. -
The Show spoke with Frances Lechner, president of the Yarnell Area Resource Group, about the 10-year anniversary of the Yarnell Hill Fire and what the day means. -
Nine years ago, the Yarnell fire took the lives of 19 hotshot firefighters. Members of the community near where the fire occurred still feel the effects of the tragedy today. -
The small town of Yarnell near Prescott was almost destroyed by a wildfire in 2013. In the process of saving the town, 19 firefighters with the Granite Mountain Hotshots were killed. On Saturday, the town of about 600 people dedicated its memorial to the men who died saving their community. -
The town of Yarnell will hold a ceremony honoring the Granite Mountain Hotshots this Sunday, six years to the day that 19 of them died battling the Yarnell Hill Fire. -
In the summer of 2013, one of the deadliest wildfires in U.S. history killed 19 firefighters from Prescott. The Granite Mountain Hotshots were cut off from their escape route and the shelters they carried could not withstand the fire’s heat. Their story is now immortalized in the film “Only The Brave." -
KJZZ reporter Laurel Morales remembers the phone call that came just as she put her kids to bed and set her on the hardest assignment she's ever had to cover. -
New videos have been released from last summer’s deadly Yarnell Hill fire. The images and sounds help give a sense of the day 19 elite firefighters died in the small-town wildfire. -
On this day a year ago, the community of Prescott was waking up to the horrific news that 19 of their own had died in the Yarnell Hill Fire. On the anniversary the town was still healing from the enormous loss. -
The Yarnell Hill Fire left about a third of the town's residents without a place to live. Rebuilding efforts are still ongoing. But that won’t stop Yarnell from celebrating this weekend.
