An Arizona town is mourning 19 firefighters killed on Sunday battling an out-of-control wildfire about 80 miles (130km) north-west of Phoenix. Residents of Prescott, where the crew was based, said they were numb and shaken by the loss of firefighters from an elite "hotshots" wildfire unit. And President Barack Obama said he was "heartbroken" and called the deceased firefighters "heroes". It is the highest death toll for a fire crew in a single incident since 9/11. The fire was sparked by lightning on Friday and has spread rapidly amid high heat, low humidity and strong winds. The dead firefighters were identified as members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots crew,...
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