My thoughts and prayers to the families and the community.

19 firefighters killed in Arizona blaze; 'Our entire crew was lost' - CNN.com (http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/01/us/arizona-firefighter-deaths/index.html)

Just horrific. Terrible. Terrible.

I had never heard of those fire shelter things before. Sounds like a scary situation for sure.

After having lived in Arizona and seeing these men from local departments and US Forestry fighters across the state fight many blazes, this is tough news.

How incredibly sad. That many at once.

The LA times has an emotional slideshow and radio traffic audio from a similar 'burn over' event from 2008. Gives you a sense of what these brave men faced.

2008: Firefighters trapped in 'burnover' find safety in their emergency shelters -- latimes.com (http://www.latimes.com/videogallery/76526428/News/2008-Firefighters-trapped-in-burnover-find-safety-in-their-emergency-shelters)