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Fire on the Mountain - The True Story of the Sourth Canyon Fire

English · Hardback

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When, on the morning of July 3, 1994, the site of a forest fire on Storm King Mountain in Colorado was wrongly recorded as taking place at South Canyon, it became the first of a series of seemingly small human errors that, three days later, led to the deaths of fourteen fire fighters, including four women. Fire on the Mountain sets out to answer three mysteries that surrounded the blaze: Why wasn't the fire, which could be seen clearly from an interstate highway, put out earlier? Why did Don Mackey, a smoke jumper who was already a legend in his own time, turn back to the fire after making his way to safety? And how could such a seasoned group of fire fighting professionals be caught off guard so badly? With the aid of papers obtained through the Freedom of Information Act and dozens of interviews, Fire on the Mountain also takes a long, hard look at the official investigation that followed the fire and the divided conclusions of the investigative team. If this book is action/adventure at its best, it also offers deeply moving insights into the lives of the smoke jumpers, hot shots, and helitacks who fight forest fires and put their own well being on the line as a daily part of their jobs.>

Product details

Authors John N Maclean, Maclean John N.
Publisher Harper Collins Usa
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 22.09.1999
 
EAN 9780688144777
ISBN 978-0-688-14477-7
No. of pages 288
Dimensions 155 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
Subjects NATURE / Natural Disasters, NATURE / Plants / Trees, True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival

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