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Arizona city Prescott and neighboring town Yarnell will hold public events Friday to mark 10 years since 19 firefighters died while battling the Yarnell Hill Fire.
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Friday marks 10 years since one of the deadliest wildland fires in the U.S. killed 19 members of an elite central Arizona firefighting crew
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
The 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire was the nation's largest loss of life for firefighters since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.