19 firefighters killed battling fast-moving Ariz. wildfire
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19 firefighters killed battling fast-moving Ariz. wildfire
YARNELL, ARIZ. Gusty, hot winds blew an Arizona blaze out of control Sunday in a forest northwest of Phoenix, overtaking and killing 19 members of an elite fire crew in the deadliest wildfire involving firefighters in the U.S. in decades.
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RIP to these brave souls. Hell of a way to die....
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x2. RIP.RangerX wrote:RIP to these brave souls. Hell of a way to die....
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X3RangerX wrote:RIP to these brave souls. Hell of a way to die....
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X4IEDmagnet wrote:X3RangerX wrote:RIP to these brave souls. Hell of a way to die....
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X5Jim wrote:X4IEDmagnet wrote:X3RangerX wrote:RIP to these brave souls. Hell of a way to die....
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Re: 19 firefighters killed battling fast-moving Ariz. wildfi
This is horrible. We can only hope such a huge catastrophe will inspire technical innovations aimed at saving future firefighter's lives. This is probably the worst loss of firefighter lives since 9/11. If this many firefighters are concentrated in a high-wind area where fires can shift direction at the whim of the wind, they need a water tanker aircraft circling close by. At least this way, the tanker can dump its water load between the firefighters and the fire, giving them a far better chance of outrunning the conflagration. God rest their souls. This is really very sad. They died heroes every one.
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Absolutely agree. Rest in peace all. Goddamn shame.hobbit wrote:This is horrible. We can only hope such a huge catastrophe will inspire technical innovations aimed at saving future firefighter's lives. This is probably the worst loss of firefighter lives since 9/11. If this many firefighters are concentrated in a high-wind area where fires can shift direction at the whim of the wind, they need a water tanker aircraft circling close by. At least this way, the tanker can dump its water load between the firefighters and the fire, giving them a far better chance of outrunning the conflagration. God rest their souls. This is really very sad. They died heroes every one.
Anyone have comms with Lunch? Hes with a forest unit somewhere. Hope he's safe.
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Thanks for the update Ranger. Stay safe.
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Good news indeed!excerpt of Lunch wrote:I'm GTG;
RIP to the 19 Brave souls.
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Thankfully as far as AZ is concerned the monsoons should start in the next week or so and that should kill off the fire danger until the fall.
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Any idea if this might have been set by the Mexican drug dealer/army or an act of terrorism. Both are valid tactics with those twoBaseplate wrote:Thankfully as far as AZ is concerned the monsoons should start in the next week or so and that should kill off the fire danger until the fall.
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