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Rain and Humidity Keep Fire Activity Down on Snake Ridge, Cottonwood, Spoon...
The last several days of rain and higher humidity have kept fire activity minimal. Hotspots may still exist, and some areas may become active again toward the end of the week as fuels dry out....
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Rainfall Aids Fire Containment, But New Fire Starts Pose Challenges: Crews...
Monday’s rainfall helped the crews with gaining containment of the fires, but the accompanying thunderstorms resulted in nine additional new fire starts on Fort Apache. Five of the new fires are...
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Natural Barriers Allow Crews to Make Progress on Cottonwood Ridge, Snake...
Despite the hot, dry, and breezy weather Wednesday, crews made steady progress on all fires. Many heat sources within the fire perimeters are slowly burning out, allowing firefighters to mop up and...
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Progress in fire containment as heat sources diminish: Firefighters remain...
On Thursday, heat sources along fire containment lines continued to decrease, meaning the heat is naturally diminishing adjacent to the fire containment lines. This allows firefighters to work steadily...
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Fires Persist Amid Hot and Dry Conditions, Containment Increases to 58% on...
Continued hot, dry temperatures, and winds with gusts up to 25 mph occurred Friday. Crews continued to perform mop up duties along the perimeters of the fires looking for hidden heat sources that may...
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Firefighters Battle Hot and Dry Conditions, Increase Containment on Spoon and...
Continued hot, dry temperatures, and winds with gusts up to 30 mph occurred Saturday. Crews continued to reinforce containment lines by turning over dirt to make sure there were no hot spots near the...
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Firefighting Efforts Continue as Temperatures Soar: Spoon Fire 80% Contained,...
Sunday, the weather remained hot and dry with winds gusts up to 20 mph. Crews continued to repair the containment lines by turning over dirt to make sure there were no hot spots near the fire’s edge....
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