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- Fire kills 19 firefighters in Arizona
An elite team of firefighters who battled the blaze in the bush of Arizona was caught in the trap by heat and strong wind being killed , the largest loss of life among firefighters scored in a single event in the U.S. in 80 years .
Teams of firefighters from Prescott , Arizona was killed Sunday when the fire was moving rapidly entrapped . " We had a perfect storm so that something like this would happen . Skills and their training was of a high level and it is unimaginable that something like this has happened, " officials said .
Causes of death are still under investigation . It is suspected that the team , which is open channels between shrubs to prevent further spread of the flames , had not left him a sufficient way of salvation and withdrawal from the area encompassed by the fire . Unpredictable weather combined with unusual odor also caused the death of them .
Firefighters in the U.S. spend considerable preparatory tests and physical . They should run for 1.5 miles in less than 10 minutes and 35 seconds . Authorities have ordered the evacuation of two towns with about one thousand people . Experts think that fires this year could be the largest in decades .
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