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Dramaticscally accelerated the rate of speed. inadequate radio communications meant fire chiefs lost contact with the crew for about 30 minutes and they got no info on what the crew was doing. >> we feel they were moving to their safety zone and then they moved closer to their equipment and closer to the other fire resources. we don't know that. we don't have it. that decision making process went with those 19 men. >> the report reproduced two photos seen here, taken by the firefighters just moments before they found themselves in trouble. the firemen at -- it was 100 yards in 19 seconds. they...

More fire resources that are on order to come in. >> is this all -- >> sometimes when you have a big fire like, this tomorrow is going to take over the fire. our state team is called a type 2 team. so a type 1 team, just like the hotshots, the most elite teams that we have in the nation. >> so this hotshot team, were they all with the same unit, or was it from different fire departments throughout the area? >> no, they were all with the same unit. >> oh my goodness. and at first there were report there's were 18 firefighters who had died in this hotshot crew. >> right. >> and one who had survi...

The concern, of course, with fire resources anywhere in the country is that the longer the season goes the more fire activi activity, fatigue becomes an issue over time. and that's certainly the case this year with the active fires we're having throughout the west. >> and at 50% containment, we're hearing you're also sending some of your resources to other parts of the west that have been hurt. >> we are. we have actually since early may were heavily engaged with fire resources from this area on fires in both arizona and new mexico. and about mid-june began to shift to chose resources to fire ...

We have had total of 35 fires in the last two days. when they started on thursday. two individuals were arrested and are still in prison and in jail. they were unrelated to each other and we believe that possibly unrelated to what we are experiencing in the last couple of days. >> any idea where the next crime scene might be. >> we do know that the individual or individuals who are responsible for setting the fires are setting fires to the vehicles that are normally underneath car ports or adjacent to apartment buildings or single family dwellings. the arson investigators joined a task force b...

We have had total of 35 fires in the last two days. when they started on thursday. two individuals were arrested and are still in prison and in jail. they were unrelated to each other and we believe that possibly unrelated to what we are experiencing in the last couple of days. >> any idea where the next crime scene might be. >> we do know that the individual or individuals who are responsible for setting the fires are setting fires to the vehicles that are normally underneath car ports or adjacent to apartment buildings or single family dwellings. the arson investigators joined a task force b...