By: Isabel Menzel and Eddie Keller Cronkite News YARNELL – A wildfire has burned more than 1,200 acres near Yarnell, forcing the evacuation of about 300 residents and raising memories of the Yarnell Hill tragedy three years ago when 19
PHOENIX — ABC15 will commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Yarnell Hill Fire tragedy with extended coverage Monday, June 30. The Yarnell Hill Fire led to the largest loss of firefighters in the United States since the September 11 attacks.
By Nela Lichtscheidl Cronkite News WASHINGTON – Arizona lawmakers invoked the memory of the 19 fallen Granite Mountain Hotshot firefighters at a hearing Thursday where they urged bureaucrats to improve forest management to prevent such fires in the future. “I
