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After Yarnell, experts look to Indigenous practices to slow wildfire growth
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe Yarnell Hill Fire burned 8,400 acres in 2013, but experts have predicted that larger, fiercer...
What to know about the Granite Mountain Hotshots and the tragic Yarnell Hill Fire
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe Yarnell Hill Fire overran and killed 19 wildland firefighters with the Granite Mountain Hotshots crew on June 30, 2013. It was the deadliest wildland fire for U.S. firefighters since 1933 ...
10 years after son died in Yarnell Hill Fire, family looks 'to give back some of the love'
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 10 months agoTen years after losing his son alongside 18 of his fellow Granite Mountain Hotshots during 2013's Yarnell Hill Fire, Joe Woyjeck and his family have largely shifted their focus to turning tragedy ...
Village of Smithville fires its second police officer in two months, citing dishonesty
The Daily Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSMITHVILLE – Police Officer Daniel Yarnell will pursue legal action, citing wrongful termination,...
Arizona city holds 10-year remembrance for 19 firefighters who died in the Yarnell Hill Fire
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoIt 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 ...
10 years after tragedy, lone survivor speaks at Granite Mountain Hotshots tribute center
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 10 months agoPRESCOTT — The lone surviving Granite Mountain Hotshot, Brendan McDonough, spoke during the fifth...
'It's not just for the 19 that we lost': Granite Mountain Hotshots tribute center marks anniversary
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNine years after crew leader Eric Marsh and 18 of his fellow firefighters died in the deadliest...
Village of Smithville fires second police chief this year; search on for replacement
The Daily Record via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSMITHVILLE − Village Council fired Police Chief Kevin English at a special evening meeting Friday...
As death toll in Maui fire rises, here's how it compares to the deadliest fires in the US
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 8 months agoIn one heartbreaking announcement after another, the loss of human life continues to climb in the...
Becoming a wildland firefighter: Students train for their first wildfire season
The Register-Guard via Yahoo News· 10 months agoWith smoke burning their eyes and lungs, and the heat from the sun and flaming piles of brush...