19 Firefighters Dead

[Donovan]

If it's any consolation, from what I know living in heavy forested and fire prone areas and knowing a few of these guys...when shit goes south during a fire it happens quick. The "baked potato suits" work for that reason-when a windblown fire changes direction it moves so quick it's A) too fast to run away from and B) already racing past you and gone like a flash once it burns up the instant fuel on the ground. These guys died because the fire slowed over the top of them from what I heard, wasn't anything they could have done. Meanwhile, fire raises the temperature several hundred degrees and fills it with acrid smoke. One or two breaths instantly sears the lungs and kills you. They likely didn't have much time to react before they were dead, let alone reflect on how bad it was gonna hurt etc. Small consolation I know...