Arizona Hotshot firefighters News

Arizona Hotshot Deaths Prompt Few Changes

It was the worst loss of life for U.S. wildland firefighters in eight decades, a tragedy that killed 19 members of a Hotshot crew during an out-of-control inferno in a brush-choked canyon. The fire prompted a strong sense of unity …

Wildfire Cut Off Hotshots’ Access to Safety Zone

An erratic wildfire driven by ferocious and shifting winds curled around the location of a team of Arizona Hotshot firefighters, cutting off their access to a safety zone and creating a death trap that quickly consumed them, two fire officials …