Arizona Wildfire: 19 Firefighters Die

[To Be Quite Honest]

Terrible news.

An out-of-control blaze overtook an elite group of firefighters trained to battle the nation's fiercest wildfires, killing 19 members as they tried to protect themselves from the flames under fire-resistant shields.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...n_3526934.html

[Acey]

I saw this last night and couldn't really make sense of it. I know nothing about fire fighting and obviously these guys were an elite crew, but what happened here? How much are these guys putting themselves in harm's way to save houses?

Facebook link to memorial page here.

[FlamesAddiction]

Wow, how completely gut wrenching it must be for that community.

[Cowperson]

Terrible tragedy.

We luncheoned in Prescott and drove around the area last November. Very nice place.

Cowperson

[Codes]

Never heard of anything like this. Very sad.

[Jordan!]

Been through Yarnell many times, and Prescott. Small town, and close knit. A huge loss for the community.

RIP

[Regulator75]

Wow, this is brutal.

[Northendzone]

Awful....

[Nyah]

Most of these guys were younger than 30 years of age. So brutal:

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2013/...html?hpt=hp_t1