Veteran firefighter on the Yarnell fire deaths: "Not one hotshot I know believes that climate change was a factor in their deaths, and neither do any in the rest of the firefighting community"

Letter: Don't blame the Yarnell fire deaths on climate change — The Daily Climate

I spent 25 years on fire crews and as a hotshot squad boss before retiring in 2011.

An extraordinary blow-up of a wild land fire in Yarnell, Ariz., killed 19 hotshots. Not one hotshot I know believes that climate change was a factor in their deaths, and neither do any in the rest of the firefighting community.