An Arizona legislative committee charged with figuring out how to pay survivor benefits to part-time Prescott firefighters killed in June is set to meet Tuesday. The House Public Safety, Military and Regulatory Affairs Committee meeting comes a month after Speaker …
The location sits in a basin surrounded on three sides by charred, boulder-strewn mountains. Blackened cactuses appear as if they melted in the flames. Rocks the size of pickup trucks are perched precariously on the steep hillsides. An American flag …
Here is a look at some of the deadliest U.S. tragedies to have claimed the lives of wildland firefighters, including the 19 killed in an Arizona blaze Sunday: June 30, 2013: Nineteen members of an elite crew are killed in …