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10 Year Anniversary Memorial Plans Underway for Granite Mountain 19 Hotshots
In 2013, nineteen Granite Mountain AZ firefighters died fighting a wildfire in Yarnell, AZ.
Prescott AZ – On June 30, 2013, nineteen brothers, sons, fathers, and husbands lost their lives fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire in Yavapai County, Arizona. To remember the nineteen fallen firefighters, a team of wildland fire personnel and law enforcement partners began work in November 2022 to plan a commemoration...
Prescott Arson Case Remains Unsolved
Sedona AZ (February 18, 2014) – Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office detectives continue seeking any information from the public regarding an apparent January 31, 2014, arson fire at 1555 Iron Springs Road, Prescott, in the Iron Springs Professional Plaza.
Yavapai Silent Witness continues to offer a $500 cash reward for any tip leading to the arrest of a suspect or suspects in this case.
Since...
Evacuation Lifted for Yarnell Fire Peeples Valley Residents
Sedona AZ (July 4, 2013) – Yavapai County Sheriff Scott Mascher and his Command team, along with Clay Templin’s Yarnell Hill Fire Incident Management Team, are pleased to announce the evacuation order has been lifted for Peeples Valley at 6:30 PM today, July 4, 2013.
The community of Yarnell still remains under mandatory evacuation. This order pertains to Peeples Valley RESIDENTS ONLY.
The...
Prescott Fire Fighters Die in Yarnell Fire
Sedona AZ (June 30, 2013) – In Memory of Prescott Fire Fighters lost 6/30/2013 fighting the Yarnell wildfire, the deadliest in U.S. history involving firefighters in the U.S. for at least 30 years, when the Granite Mountain Hot Shots (pictured below in photo taken after an Oregon fire) were overtaken by the Arizona fire.
It is being reported by authorities on the scene that 19 members of the...