unprecedented actions from the department of natural resources asking volunteers to join in this fight and they had a huge response, 3,000 people signed up immediately. today 200 of them will undergo some training for deploying emergency fire shelters and some other basics. they re really hoping to get people who are already certified firefighters and people who know how to use heavy equipment, that will be a huge help whether they are used and when they can be used, the volunteers, that is, will be based on firefighting personnel. those who can monitor them, take them into the areas, and direct them because that is an issue, just having enough people to do that. currently evacuation orders remain in effect for at least six towns and multiple rural areas. thousands of homes in this region continue to be threatened. they know homes were lost within the last 48 hours because of the huge wind that whipped up in
a former marine, and the captain of the granite city hot shots. john percin, the strongest and bravest young man i have ever met in my life, said his aunt. and 21-year-old, kevin woyjeck, fire fighting was in his blood. his dad a nearly 30 year veteran of the l.a. county fire department. sean misner leaves behind his wife who is 7 months pregnant. a memorial fund has been set up on facebook to benefit the baby. heroes every single one of them. more on what the final moments may have been like for the firefighters as intense flames closed in on them. abc s ginger zee takes a look at the last line of defense, paper thin tents able to withstand 500-degree heat. reporter: as the flames climbed up to 20 feet, the 19 hot shots deployed their last chance, the emergency fire shelters. the men who died trained extensively with what firefighters called the shake and bake tent. you shake them to open. then bake in them until the fire passes. the team would have had as
a former marine, the 36-year-old spent the last two years as the captain of the granite city hot shots. john percin, the strongest and bravest young man i have ever met in my life, said his aunt. and 21-year-old, kevin woyjeck, fire fighting was in his blood. his dad a nearly 30 year veteran of the l.a. county fire department. sean misner leaves behind his wife who is 7 months pregnant. a memorial fund has been set up on facebook to benefit the baby. heroes every single one of them. more on what the final moments may have been like for the firefighters as intense flames closed in on them. abc s ginger zee takes a look at the last line of defense, paper thin tents able to withstand 500-degree heat. reporter: as the flames climbed up to 20 feet, the 19 hot shots deployed their last chance, the emergency fire shelters. the men who died trained extensively with what firefighters called the shake and bake tent. you shake them to open. then bake in them until the fire passes. the team
the firefighters. and i wished i had better news to report to you after the fatalities yesterday. we gathered firefighters in the incident command post, and in our briefing, held a moment of silence for our fallen comrades and the families. one member survived while the 194 fights died. megyn, i want to live you with a headline from the local paper. one word sums it up. tragedy. the firefighters were trapped and forced to deploy emergency fire shelters and they prepare for the situations but this one was too much. this is still shots from the training exercise they took part back in may. and showing how to use the
yesterday to try to dig lines to save several hundred homes, then contact was lost. typically speaking, they have a safety zone that is designated they would report to, if there s danger. for whatever the reason, they might not have made it, i don t know. reporter: officials say the men deployed the emergency fire shelters, which were shown in a training video. some of the bodies were found under the reflective tents, they are considered a last resort when there s no escape route. they re from nearby prescott. they received a call of support from president obama and visit from arizona s governor. to the friends and family of those lost yesterday, i know we can never fully repay the sacrifices made by your loved ones. reporter: there will be state and federal investigations. meantime, the fire rages on. it is up to 13 square miles, over 200 buildings destroyed, 0