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texts his wife this picture as they get ready to continue their battle with the yarnell hill fire. the last known fire of the granite mountain hot shots before the fire blew up killing 19 of them. the anatomy of the fire, the specific events causing the tragedy are still under investigation. what we know so far, officials believe the fire started the afternoon of friday june 28th with a lightning strike near yarnell. officials say because the weather in the region has been consistently so hot and dry, because livestock grazing in the area has been limited, once that lightning bolt struck, there were plenty of fuels like this on the ground that would have enabled the fire to spread so quickly. what are those fuels? shelby erickson with the highland fire district that battled about 400 wildland fires says fires in this area feed off dry grass and shrubbery. and the needle accumulation or leaf accumulation and over years that breaks down actually starts turning into dirt essentially. th