June 30 didnt start well for the firefighting team battling the Yarnell Hill Fire in Arizona, with a tanker dropping retardant on backfires that the Granite Mountain Hotshots were setting -- and it only got worse, from life-threatening communication errors to a lack of risk assessment. The series of mistakes that day doomed 19 young firefighters, including two with Hemet roots. Read Part Two of this special three-day report on the fire and what led to the worst loss of firefighter life in the U.S. since 9/11. What do you think of the findings?
Posted on: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 18:22:32 +0000
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