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Families of 12 Arizona Hotshots Killed in Wildfire Sue State

The suit also seeks a definitive answer on what went wrong in the nation's worst wildfire in eight decades.

(PHOENIX, Ariz. ) - The families of a dozen of the 19 Arizona firefighters killed last year in the Yarnell Hill Fire have filed wrongful death suits against the state.

A lawsuit filed this week seeks unspecified damages for funeral costs, pain and suffering, and lost income in the deaths of the Granite Hill Hotshots.