Fire on the Mountain: The True Story of the South Canyon Fire

Fire on the Mountain: The True Story of the South Canyon Fire
ISBN-10
0743410386
ISBN-13
9780743410380
Series
Fire on the Mountain
Category
Wildfires
Pages
288
Language
English
Published
2000-09-01
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Author
John N. Maclean

Description

A gripping account of the tragic 1994 South Canyon forest fire that killed fourteen firefighters chronicles the string of seemingly small human blunders that contributed to the tragedy. Reprint.

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