They are all gone. All 19 members of the a specially trained “hotshot” crew who were trying to stop a galloping wildfire threatening the town of Yarnell, Arizona have died. The men had apparently been digging a fire line to try and halt the spread of the fire but found themselves trapped. They were forced to deploy their fire shelters – tent-like structures meant to shield them from flames and heat – but were nevertheless consumed by the blaze. It is the worst loss of life among firefighters battling a wildfire in the U.S. in decades
