| Nineteen firefighters were killed battling a fast-moving wildfire menacing a
small town in central Arizona, the United States Wildland Fire Aviation Service
said on Sunday. |
| The firefighters died fighting a fire near the small town
of Yarnell about 80 miles northwest of Phoenix, the service said in a Facebook
post. |
| “It has been confirmed that 19 Wildland firefighters have lost
their lives on the Yarnell Hill fire Arizona,” the post said. “I ask
for prayers for the families and friends of these brave men and
women.” |
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