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We did confirm that. the helicopter confirmed that. by the time the other firefighters got, in they didnt survive. >> thats just -- thats awful. explain to our viewers what a hotshot crew does. mr. morrison? >> yes? >> explain to our viewers what a hotshot crew does. >> well, a hotshot crew are the elite firefighters. and there is crews all around the nation. and theyre usually 20-person crew. and theyre the ones that actually go in and dig the fire line, cut the brush, to make a fuel break. and...

That was art morrison from the arizona state forestry division there. and you can see he is very emotional. he is on the phone with me. he said he became a firefighter in the 1960s and has never seen anything like this. sadly, as we are on the air tonight here at 11:41 eastern time, im reporting to you that 19 firefighters have died in a huge wildfire in arizona. its in yarnell, arizona. and these are all members of the prescott fire department. and you heard them, you heard the gentleman say th...

And so thats probably what happened with this poor crew. >> how big is this fire now, mr. morrison? >> well, the estimate we had late this afternoon was 2,000 acres. but we just learned here a couple -- about an hour ago that there had been some homes burned in the town of yarnell. and at a place called glen iler, which is a little north of yarnell. but we have no detailed information on how many structures, whether -- we know that some homes burned, though. >> so if you have 19 firefighters who...