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When Fire Shelters Fail | Dover News
Three firefighters died and two were injured in a Colorado wildfire Saturday, part of a Helitack crew dropped into the blaze — a heartbreaking echo of the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire in Arizona, which killed nineteen. Both tragedies saw crews deploy fire shelters as conditions turned lethal, with extreme heat and shifting winds overwhelming even the most prepared teams. Investigations reveal no negligence — commanders acted under impossible circumstances, and shelters, meant as a last-ditch survival tool, offer only limited protection against radiant heat, not direct flame. Nature’s fury often…
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