The Granite Mountain Hotshots Tragedy — Here’s What Happened

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The Yarnell Hill Fire is the sixth-deadliest American firefighter disaster in history and the deadliest wildfire ever in the state of Arizona, and until 2014, the wildfire was the most-publicized event in wildland firefighting history. In 2017, Columbia Pictures released a film adaptation of the Yarnell Hill tragedy in 2017, titled Only the Brave starring Taylor Kitsch, Josh Brolin, and Jeff Bridges.

Around 5:30 p.m. on June 28, 2013, dry lightning ignited a wildfire on Bureau of Land Management lands near Yarnell, Ariz., a town of approximately 700 residents just northwest of Phoenix. Two days of burning led to strong winds that reached more than 22 mph and pushed the fire from 300 acres to over 2,000 acres. A long-term drought affecting the area contributed to the fire’s rapid spread and erratic behavior, as did temperatures of 101 °F. 

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