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Prineville Hotshots

On the afternoon of July 6, 1994 near Glenwood Springs, Colorado, the South Canyon fire spotted across the drainage and beneath firefighters, moving onto steep slopes and into dense, highly flammable Gambel oak. Within seconds, a wall of flame raced up the hill toward the firefighters on the west flank fireline. Failing to outrun the flames, 12 firefighters perished. Two helitack crew members on top of the ridge also died when they tried to outrun the fire to the northwest. The remaining 35 firefighters survived by escaping out the east drainage or by seeking a safety area and deploying their fire shelters.

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Scott Alan Blecha

23 Feb 1967 – 6 Jul 1994

Clatskanie, Columbia County, Oregon, USA

Levi Brinkley

21 Oct 1971 – 6 Jul 1994

Burns, Harney County, Oregon, USA

Plot info: Sec. 30, Blk. 16, Lot 22

Levi Brinkley

21 Oct 1971 – 6 Jul 1994

Burns, Harney County, Oregon, USA

Plot info: Sec. 30, Blk. 16, Lot 22

Robert Eugene Browning Jr.

12 Aug 1966 – 6 Jul 1994

East Marion, McDowell County, North Carolina, USA

Douglas Michael Dunbar

29 Dec 1971 – 6 Jul 1994

Leaburg, Lane County, Oregon, USA

Douglas Michael Dunbar

29 Dec 1971 – 6 Jul 1994

Leaburg, Lane County, Oregon, USA

Bonnie Jean Holtby

29 May 1973 – 6 Jul 1994

Prineville, Crook County, Oregon, USA

Plot info: Block M Lot 145 Space 7

Robert Allen “Rob” Johnson

20 Oct 1967 – 6 Jul 1994

Redmond, Deschutes County, Oregon, USA

Plot info: F832

Donald Kurt “Don” Mackey

23 May 1960 – 6 Jul 1994

Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, USA

James Robert “Jim” Thrash

23 Aug 1949 – 6 Jul 1994

New Meadows, Adams County, Idaho, USA

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