I am in the far northwest corner of the Phoenix valley. Went up to Wickenburg and up 89 the back way into Prescott just before the Granite Mtn fire a few weeks ago. That route took me through the area burning today.
The back yard smells like smoke so the winds are pushing it this way.
This is a horrific loss to the local FD up there. Sounds like their whole wildfire team almost.
“Young Men and Fire” is the work that really let us understand this danger.
2000 acres burnin and it’s growin....19 dead for sure and town roads blocked........500 homes in fires path....town in Yarnell Az ...nearly the entire fire force of Prescott is gone
prayers up....and 250 homes are gone already...burnt down
And as close as I was to the Doce (Docie...) fire, the wind NEVER got us. Rather amazing, really.
Losing this many men is something I just can't grasp. :(