Today at least 18 firefighters — members of the Granite Mountain Hotshot Crew — were killed while fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire near Prescott, Ariz.
Twitter liberals wasted no time blaming the fires — and the firefighters’ deaths — on global warming:
https://twitter.com/LyyricFei/status/351550277658226688
18 hotshot firefighters burned to death near Prescott, AZ today. #YarnellFire #ClimateChange #YouDroppedABombOnMe #TheWest
— Laurel (@laurelz) July 1, 2013
https://twitter.com/theonlyadult/status/351546383947411458
19 firefighters killed. That's 19 too many. http://t.co/UIgffJah2X Praying for all in SW heat/hell on earth. #ClimateChange is real.
— HotCoffee&CoughIntoYourDamnElbow (@hotcoffeeandpie) July 1, 2013
Just read 19 Firefighters die in fast moving fire in Arizona. So sad; tragic and devastating #climatechange
— YouGottaVote (@YouGottaVote) July 1, 2013
A fire that kills 18 firefighters in Arizona in JUNE. Fires get worse in July etc. this is #globalwarming friends.
— GOP❤️’s??more than?? (@VegasJessie) July 1, 2013
Yup. RT @VegasJessie A fire that kills 18 firefighters in Arizona in JUNE. Fires get worse in July etc. this is #globalwarming friends.
— Adriana M (@vamps0) July 1, 2013
19 killed in Arizona fire. 500 homes destroyed. http://t.co/ssSWSLhBAz #climatechange
— ClimateAction (@NewLightIn) July 1, 2013
We figured Twitter’s jackasses would politicize this disaster, but credit the above tweeters for being first out of the gate.
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Update:
The fire was caused by lightning, according to local media reports.
DEVELOPING: KSAZ-TV (@myfoxphoenix) reports 19 firefighters dead in lightning-sparked Arizona wildfire http://t.co/8LqTY7enXS
— Johnny Kelly (@stormchaser4850) July 1, 2013
The cause of the Yarnell fire is being stated as lightning at this time. Yarnell, Peeples Valley being evacuated. Hwy 89 closed #eNewsAZNow
— eNewsAZ (@eNewsAZ) July 1, 2013
Yarnell fire near Wickenberg. 800-1000 acres.Blaze cause by lightning on Friday. @12News pic.twitter.com/o3azLz45SY
— Mary Nguyen (@MNguyen12News) June 30, 2013
Update:
Whom will the liberals blame next?
https://twitter.com/CFLancop/status/351567356750868480
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Tributes to fallen Arizona’s Granite Mountain Hotshot Crew flood Twitter