{"id":253226,"date":"2026-07-05T10:29:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T15:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=253226"},"modified":"2026-07-06T10:34:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T15:34:34","slug":"tragic-camp-fire-kills-two-young-alabama-hunters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/tragic-camp-fire-kills-two-young-alabama-hunters\/","title":{"rendered":"Tragic Camp Fire Kills Two Young Alabama Hunters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-estimated-reading-time yoast-reading-time__wrapper\"><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-icon=\"clock\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" style=\"display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.1em\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M12 8v4l3 3m6-3a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__spacer\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1em\"><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__descriptive-text\">Estimated reading time: <\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__reading-time\">2<\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__time-unit\"> minutes<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What should have been a summer getaway at a hunting camp ended in heartbreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two University of Alabama students were killed after a fire tore through a hunting camp in Conecuh County early Wednesday morning, and investigators now believe fireworks may have played a role in the tragedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wkrg.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"tragic-camp-fire-kills-two-young-alabama-hunters\" title=\"Tragic Camp Fire Kills Two Young Alabama Hunters\">reporting<\/a> by <em>WKRG<\/em>, 19-year-old Walter Hensley and 21-year-old McNeil Mostellar, both from the Mobile area, died after flames engulfed the camp near Highway 84 west of Evergreen. Two other young men escaped the fire and were hospitalized with injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"St. Paul\u2019s football coach reflects on life and legacy of Walter Hensley\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vgk39xfLCTU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investigators with the Alabama Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board determined a propane explosion was not responsible for the blaze. Instead, <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/criticism-of-georgia-police-who-responded-to-wrong-home-shot-unarmed-man-is-just-unfair-officials-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"tragic-camp-fire-kills-two-young-alabama-hunters\" title=\"Tragic Camp Fire Kills Two Young Alabama Hunters\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"7149\">officials say<\/a> they&#8217;re now investigating whether fireworks may have accidentally ignited the fire. The cause remains under investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the investigation continues, friends, family and former coaches are remembering two young men whose lives ended far too soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hensley was a former standout athlete at St. Paul&#8217;s Episcopal School, where he played football, basketball and golf before enrolling at the University of Alabama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His former <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/video-football-coach-disarming-armed-student\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"tragic-camp-fire-kills-two-young-alabama-hunters\" title=\"Tragic Camp Fire Kills Two Young Alabama Hunters\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"7150\">football coach<\/a>, Ham Barnett, said Hensley was the type of player (and person) you never had to push.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Everybody talks really well about somebody when they die,&#8221; Barnett said. &#8220;But when he was alive, everybody talked well about Walter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Barnett recalled that after football practice, Hensley and another teammate would often stop by his office simply to &#8220;chop it up&#8221; and talk about life for an hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-see-also-s-amp-w-396-night-guard-review\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/sw-396-night-guard-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"tragic-camp-fire-kills-two-young-alabama-hunters\" title=\"Tragic Camp Fire Kills Two Young Alabama Hunters\">S&amp;W 396 Night Guard Review<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Those conversations, he said, are what he&#8217;ll miss most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps the most powerful tribute came when Barnett reflected on how Hensley treated people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u2018He was my best friend:\u2019 Coaches remember two young men who were killed in Conecuh County fire\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DjTMV5oJCdM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the young man&#8217;s kindness challenged him to be better himself, adding that he wants to live more like Walter did because of the way he made others feel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hunting community is a close one, and <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/lessons-the-hard-way-part-ii\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"tragic-camp-fire-kills-two-young-alabama-hunters\" title=\"Tragic Camp Fire Kills Two Young Alabama Hunters\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"7148\">stories like this hit especially hard<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether it&#8217;s deer camp, a <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/hunt365-the-other-goose-addiction-white-fronted-geese-specks-squealers\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"tragic-camp-fire-kills-two-young-alabama-hunters\" title=\"Tragic Camp Fire Kills Two Young Alabama Hunters\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"7147\">duck blind or a family hunting<\/a> cabin that&#8217;s been passed down for generations, these places are where lifelong memories are made. Sadly, they&#8217;re also reminders that accidents, whether from fire, heating equipment or fireworks, can turn devastating in a matter of seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investigators have not determined an official cause, but the case serves as a sobering reminder that fire <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/top-five-lessons-learned-training\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"tragic-camp-fire-kills-two-young-alabama-hunters\" title=\"Tragic Camp Fire Kills Two Young Alabama Hunters\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"7146\">safety<\/a> deserves just as much attention at camp as firearm safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our thoughts are with the families of Walter Hensley and McNeil Mostellar, along with everyone whose lives were forever changed by this tragedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><em>*** <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"tragic-camp-fire-kills-two-young-alabama-hunters\" title=\"Tragic Camp Fire Kills Two Young Alabama Hunters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a> ***<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two University of Alabama students were killed after a fire tore through a hunting camp in Conecuh County early Wednesday morning, and investigators now believe fireworks may have played a role in the tragedy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":158,"featured_media":253229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"manual","footnotes":""},"categories":[4305,1273,1217],"tags":[1209,1276],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-253226","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-expert-guides","8":"category-huntnews","9":"category-hunt365","10":"tag-hunt365","11":"tag-huntnews"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.9 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Alabama Hunting Camp Fire Kills Two University Students<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Two University of Alabama students died in a tragic hunting camp fire in Conecuh County. 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