Gallery: A Tribute to the Firefighters Lost in Arizona
01The Whitewater-Baldy fire in the Gila Wilderness in Southern New Mexico.
*A member of the Granite Mountain Hotshot crew from Prescott, Arizona, watches as flames take off during a burnout operation meant to contain part of the Whitewater-Baldy fire on May 31, 2012 in Southern New Mexico.*
Jakob Schiller02The Whitewater-Baldy fire in the Gila Wilderness in Southern New Mexico.
*Brandon Bunch, right, a member of the Granite Mountain Hotshot crew from Prescott, Arizona, listens to instructions before helping with a burnout operation on the Whitewater-Baldy fire on May 31, 2012. Bunch was not one of the crew members who died in the Yarnell Hill Fire in Arizona on Sunday.*
Jakob Schiller03The Whitewater-Baldy fire in the Gila Wilderness in Southern New Mexico.
*Members of the Granite Mountain Hotshot crew from Prescott, Arizona, look at a map of the Whitewater-Baldy fire on May 31.*
Jakob Schiller04The Whitewater-Baldy fire in the Gila Wilderness in Southern New Mexico.
*Eric Marsh, right, refuels drip torches as members of the Granite Mountain Hotshot crew conduct a burnout operation at the Whitewater-Baldy fire on May 31, 2012. Marsh and 18 other members of the Granite Mountain crew died in the Yarnell Hill Fire in Arizona on Sunday.*
Jakob Schiller05The Whitewater-Baldy fire in the Gila Wilderness in Southern New Mexico.
*Brandon Bunch, a member of the Granite Mountain Hotshot crew from Prescott, Arizona, waits to refuel his drip torch before continuing with a burnout operation meant to contain part of the Whitewater-Baldy fire on May 31, 2012.*
Jakob Schiller06The Whitewater-Baldy fire in the Gila Wilderness in Southern New Mexico.
*Members of the Granite Mountain Hotshot crew watch as a whole hill goes up in flames during a burnout operation meant to contain part of the Whitewater-Baldy fire on May 31, 2012.*
Jakob Schiller07The Whitewater-Baldy fire in the Gila Wilderness in Southern New Mexico.
*Christopher MacKenzie, right, and other members of the Granite Mountain Hotshot crew from Prescott, Arizona scout a piece of terrain before starting a burnout operation that was meant to help contain the Whitewater-Baldy fire on May 31, 2012. MacKenzie and 18 other members of the Granite Mountain crew died in the Yarnell Hill Fire in Arizona on Sunday.*
08FACES
*(Left to right) Phillip Maldonado, Brandon Bunch, Robert Caldwell, Brady Higgs and Christopher MacKenzie, all members of the Granite Mountain Hotshot crew. Robert Caldwell and Christopher MacKenzie and 17 other members of the Granite Mountain crew died in the Yarnell Hill Fire in Arizona on Sunday.*
