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Lone Survivor Of Yarnell Fire Visits Boise To Talk About Combating Wildfires

Boise State Public Radio News | By Tom Michael
Published October 17, 2017 at 10:16 AM MDT
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On Wednesday, firefighter Brendan McDonough is the featured speaker at the annual gala for the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce.

He was the lone survivor of the Yarnell Fire in Arizona in 2013, when 19 members of a hotshot team were killed. His story was turned into a movie - Only The Brave - which is out this week. Here he tells Tom Michael why firefighters deserve better wages.

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