Arizona fire claims 19 firefighters

RIP brave ones.   What a terrible disaster !

...NINETEEN firefighters have died   while battling a fast-moving wildfire probably caused by a lightning strike.
Prescott Fire Department confirmed 19 firefighters, part of Prescott Granite Mountain Hot Shots, have died in the fire at Yarnell Hill, Arizona, myfoxphoenix reported.



The Daily Courier reported that the fire department lost nearly its entire crew.
Mike Reichling, Arizona State Forestry Division spokesman, said that they had been able to locate just one fireman from the incident, Arizona Central reported. Sources say the surviving firefighter has burns to approx 75per cent of his body, NewsBreaker tweeted.
Officials said they expected about half of Yarnell Hill's 500 homes to be decimated by the fire that is currently burning with zero containment and has grown well past 810 hectares.
About 600 residents have been evacuated from their homes........