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19 Firefighters Are Dead After Battling Massive Arizona Wildfire
• Business InsiderThere were conflicting reports on how many were killed, but the Prescott Fire Department and an Arizona Forestry spokesman have confirmed the death toll of 19.
It's the third-deadliest single-wildfire incident ever recorded in the U.S., according to the National Interagency Fire Center, and the deadliest for the state.
The group became separated while fighting the nearly 2,000-acre Yarnell fire located 85 miles northwest of Phoenix.