AZ Central
PRESCOTT, Ariz. — The Arizona State Forestry Division posted 21 video clips on its website on Saturday that offer little new insight on the last moments of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, the 19 firefighters who died battling the Yarnell Hill Fire on June 30, 2013.
The video clips, shot by other firefighters, take place in the moments before the Granite Mountain Hotshots were overtaken by the fire and progress to the point where their bodies were discovered. The bodies have been edited out.
The Forestry Division website says the video clips were obtained from the U.S. Forest Service through a Freedom of Information Act request. The videos are presented as they were received, the website states and were redacted by the Forest Service. The Arizona Republic, under the state’s public records law, has previously requested all forestry records on the Yarnell Hill Fire and the subsequent investigations into the deaths of the Granite Mountain hotshots.
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