The Yarnell Hill Fire is an ongoing wildfire near Yarnell, Arizona, that was ignited by lightning on June 28, 2013. On June 30, nineteen firefighters with the Prescott Fire Department’s interagency Granite Mountain Hotshots were overrun and killed by the fire. The lone survivor on the team was moving the crew vehicle at the time of the burnover; he and 22 other people were injured.
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