The Granite Mountain Hotshots True Story

The yarnell hill fire was a wildfire near yarnell arizona ignited by dry 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 lookout on the fire and was not with the others when the fire overtook them.

The granite mountain hotshots true story.

On thursday the true story of those men who fought on the front lines premiered across the united states. On the morning of june 30 all 20 members of prescott arizona s granite mountain hotshots headed into the mountains to protect the small town of yarnell from an advancing blaze. Like in the movie the true story confirms that only one member of the 20 man granite mountain hotshots crew survived. Only the brave tells the story of the granite mountain hotshots a highly trained team of wildland firefighters that lost 19 of its 20 members when they became entrapped in the yarnell hill blaze.

21 year old brendan mcdonough nicknamed donut and played by miles teller in the movie had been serving as a fire and weather lookout when the fire encroached on his position and threatened to overtake it. Four years ago the granite mountain hotshots died battling a horrifying wildfire in yarnell. Prescott fire chief dan fraijo later confirmed that all 19 were from the granite mountain hotshots. On june 30 firefighters with the prescott fire department s interagency called the granite mountain hotshots were overrun and killed by the fire.

History of the granite mountain hotshots about two thirds of the film isn t about the yarnell hill fire at all but an origin story for the granite mountain hotshots. With josh brolin miles teller jeff bridges jennifer connelly. Directed by joseph kosinski. Richard brody on the new movie only the brave about the granite mountain hotshots a real life unit of heroic arizona firefighters and what the film doesn t include.