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Many of the homes lost to the fire were uninsured, but people from all over Arizona came together to make sure the people who lived there were taken care of.

It was one of the deadliest wildland fires ever in the U.S., killing 19 members of an elite central Arizona firefighting crew in 2013 after flames trapped them in a brush-choked canyon.The city of Prescott and the neighboring town of Yarnell are expected to honor the fallen Granite Mountain Hotshots on Friday with public events.Frances Lechner, president of the Yarnell Area

Group dedicates memorial park on 8th anniversary of hotshots' deaths in Yarnell Hill Fire Monica D. Spencer, Arizona Republic YARNELL — Amid a drought and an intense wildfire season, the delicate aroma of rain and the rumble of thunder felt appropriately timed for the remembrance event and dedication ceremony of the Yarnell Hill Fire Memorial Park.  Eight years after the unsettling deaths of the 19 crew members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots of Prescott, the community impacted by the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire gathered together Wednesday afternoon to remember those firefight...

View Comments YARNELL — Amid a drought and an intense wildfire season, the delicate aroma of rain and the rumble of thunder felt appropriately timed for the remembrance event and dedication ceremony of the Yarnell Hill Fire Memorial Park.  Eight years after the unsettling deaths of the 19 crew members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots of Prescott, the community impacted by the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire gathered together Wednesday afternoon to remember those firefighters and officially dedicate the memorial park.  To organizers and community members, the park stands as a symbol of a community...