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fire on the mountain the true story of the south canyon fire
p in 1994 a wildfire on colorados storm king mountain was wrongly identified at the outset as occurring in south canyon . p this unintentional seemingly minor human error was the first in a string of mistakes that would be compounded into one of the greatest tragedies in the annals of firefighting . before it was done fourteen courageous firefighters men and women hotshots smoke jumpers and helicopter crew would lose their lives battling the deadly so called south canyon blaze . p john n. macleans award winning national bestseller fire on the mountain is a stunning reconstruction of the killer conflagration and its aftermath a page turning true adventure of nature at its most unforgiving and a powerful indelible portrait of a unique breed of heroes who regularly and without question place their lives on the line .