Posted on 06/30/2013 7:45:43 PM PDT by kristinn
Prescott Fire Department confirmed 19 firefighters have died while battling the Yarnell Hill fire on Sunday night. They're part of the Prescott Granite Mountain Hot Shots.
The wildfire was likely caused by a lightning strike Saturday night.
The Yarnell Hill fire, about 35 miles southwest of Prescott, has burned about 1,300 acres and forced the evacuation of 50 homes.
The fire started Friday and has not yet burned down any structures, but Sunday night firefighters pushed the blaze back away from communities, hoping to keep the blaze from overtaking any homes.
A growing fire in Yarnell forced about 600 residents from their homes.
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Thank you...Channel?
Just got that emergency alert on my phone...first time I’ve ever received an alert like that and it scared the heck out of me.
We are in Tucson.
BG, you probably already know of this website, but if not...it may be helpful. Stay safe as I send prayers.
http://www.regionalinfo-alert.org/
all of em...5, 10, 12,15
wow I’ve never heard of so many die, save 9/11. I’m saddened. Prayers up for all who know these brave souls.
I guess I’m about ten miles west of you then.
It looked like our storm went from East to West. I got an emergency warning on my phone to stay off the road until 9pm. This was around 6:45. If there had been a fire around here, it would have swept through. We had lightning in the midst of the dust storm. Our oldest son was out driving when he saw the dust. He drove around it and made it home just before it hit here.
When I logged on here, I read the news of these firefighters and was stunned at the loss. Prayers for the families of these firefighters, the firefighters still out there, and for all those families who are in the path of this fire.
The fire is about fifteen or twenty miles northeast of our place. I can’t see the fire from my house as there is a hill in the way. About two hundred yards down the road we can see the flames. They have opened a shelter at our high school here in Wickenburg. Odor of the smoke is strong in town. Area is buck brush, scrub, sort of on the line between Lower Sonoran Desert, (Mesquite, Saguaros, Ocotillos, Prickly Pear, Cholla) and Upper Sonoran Desert (Scrub Juniper. Manzanita).
Prayers to the firefighters and their families.
Bookmarked for any info on donations to the bereaved.
families of lost fire fighters did not know their sons were dead yet the damn tv was showin the faces of”probable” lost....the presser said STOP IT
man I loathe local news asswipes
Firefighting is scary.....glad your Papa made it out okay, but how very worrisome to you and Mom!
Seems the winds in the Yarnell area are blowing south right now.
Oddly, heat everywhere while we had the coldest day in a month in Colorado Springs, cloudy, afternoon rain, put on my sweatshirt for my evening walk.
Hope we don’t get big heat tomorrow, but supposed to be a high of 74, and again on Tuesday.
correct....south and w/ gusts to 40 mph
Thank you for the updates. It’s been a terrible fire season, I will be praying for you and your fellow Arizonians tonight, all of you need and deserve God’s grace and protection.
I copied the info from the site posted above in case any of you need it.
Yarnell Hill Fire
Press Conference
Posted on Sunday, June 30, 2013 9:43 pm
A Press Conference is scheduled at the Prescott Police Department on Marina Street tonight at 9:45pm and then again tomorrow morning in the Prescott City Council Meeting Room.
Evacuation Shelter Information
Posted on Sunday, June 30, 2013 8:44 pm
If you evacuate please contact the Red Cross at www.RedCross.org and register as Safe & Well.
There are two shelters open. One at Yavapai College and the other at the Wickenburg High School.
Mandatory Evacuation for All of Yarnell
Posted on Sunday, June 30, 2013 4:45 pm
All of Yarnell is under a mandatory evacuation due to the Yarnell Hill Fire. The Yavapai County Sheriff’s office has closed AZ Highway 89 from Date Creek Road in Congress to Sorrell Ranch Road North of Yarnell in Peeples Valley.
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