at this hour 200 homes have been destroyed and the fire is still 0% contained. working hard to get that contained. and 19 of those firefighters. so young. we re hearing 19, 20, 22 years old. fighting fires obviously very dangerous work and the risk was well-known to the crew. here is a profile of that team from last year that shows you just how demanding the job is. if anyone is taking the heat, it s these guys. the granite mountain hot shots. they fight some of the worst fires in the nation, wildfires. they dig dirt lines. but daniel mccarty says it s only training. when you get out there, it s the real deal. we have to look out for each other, we have to have accountability, we have to trust each other. reporter: the crews practice shelter drills if they re caught up in a fire, they must wrap
0 are from prescott, arizona. and we are now joined by the public information officer from that city. good morning to you, wade. we re first very sorry for your loss and for the state of arizona and those families. we re hearing this is an elite team, they have been trained for this. we watched the video of them carrying logs in the woods. unique class of individuals. what went wrong, how did this happen? well, of course thank you for your condolences. and at this time of course the incident is under investigation. i can only tell that you something completely unexpected and tragic happened. these guys are very highly trained, they have very good situational awareness. and at this point i can only tell you that it had to be the perfect storm for this to happen especially for this crew. we heard the crew talking about in the interview that was done with some of those members upper 90s for you across sections of montana. missoula, 99. areas in the northwestern u.s. looking at extreme
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