Three firefighters killed battling wildfire west of Grand J…

Vehicle Fire Yarnell Hill Colorado in Yarnell Hill, Colorado: A wildfire west of Grand Junction, Colorado, killed three firefighters and injured two others on Saturday. The five firefighters were members of a Helitack crew dropped by helicopter into remote areas to cut vegetation and create fire-resistant barriers ahead of advancing flames. As in the Yarnell Hill Fire, the firefighters stopped fleeing and deployed fire shelters to try to survive. The article compares the incident to the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire in Arizona that killed 19 firefighters.