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Posted inLiterature

Western Lit: ‘On the Burning Edge’’ Introduces Us to Wildland Firefighters Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice

On June 30, 2013, Arizona’s infamous Yarnell Hill Fire overran the Granite Mountain Hotshots, killing 19 firefighters as they crouched beneath their woefully inadequate aluminum shelters. The tragedy was nearly as mysterious as it was horrific: Minutes earlier, Granite Mountain had been stationed in the secure “black,” already-burned land that couldn’t reignite. Why the hotshots […]

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