the yarnell hill fire was a wildfire near yarnell, arizona, ignited by lightning on june 28, 2013. on june 30, it overran and killed 19 members of the granite mountain hotshots. just one of the hotshots on the crew survived -- he was posted as a lookouot on the fire and was not with the others when the fire overtook them. the yarnell hill fire was one of the deadliest u.s. wildfires since the 1991 east bay hills fire, which killed 25 people, and the deadliest wildland fire for u.s. firefighters since the 1933 griffith park fire, which killed 29 "impromptu" civilian firefighters drafted on short notice to help battle that los angeles area fire.