Last June, 19 firefighters lost their lives trying to control a blaze near Yarnell, Arizona—the highest death toll for firefighters battling a wildfire in this country since 1933. What went wrong? Is it time to reconsider our approach to fighting fire?
Brian Mockenhaupt
http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/05/fire-on-the-mountain/361613/