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Fast-moving Arizona wildfire leaves 19 firefighters dead, destroys more than 200 homes
2013-07-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Gusty, hot winds blew an Arizona blaze out of control Sunday in a forest northwest of Phoenix, overtaking and killing 19 members of an elite fire crew in the deadliest wildfire involving firefighters in the U.S. for at least 30 years. The "hotshot' firefighters were forced to deploy their emergency fire shelters -- tent-like structures meant to shield firefighters from flames and heat -- when they were caught near the central Arizona town of Yarnell, state forestry spokesman Art Morrison told...
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