Wildfires
Tiffany Davila with the Arizona Forestry Department said it’s important to be proactive and vigilant under these conditions.
Jun. 20, 2023
The Oak Fire broke out Friday afternoon and quickly spread over 3,000 acres. But Starr Farrell with the Coronado National Forest said it took about a day for crews to get the flames contained.
Jun. 19, 2023
The National Weather Service based in Flagstaff issued a fire weather watch as a result of intense conditions. The watch, which applies from Saturday to Monday, identifies strong winds and low relative humidity occurring all throughout Monday.
Jun. 17, 2023
Three years ago, a wildfire burned nearly 120,000 acres through the Coronado National Forest. Now, the forest is slowly recovering from the damage caused by the blaze.
Jun. 17, 2023
This week, federal forest officials in northern Arizona are preparing for another large prescribed fire in the Coconino National Forest.
Jun. 13, 2023
State trust lands in Gila, Maricopa and Pinal counties will be under Stage 1 fire restrictions effective Thursday morning.
Jun. 7, 2023
The Tonto National Forest will enter Stage 1 fire restrictions starting Thursday morning at 8 a.m.
Jun. 7, 2023
Federal officials are expecting to close an area of the Coconino National Forest on Thursday in order to battle the Wilbur Fire.
Jun. 7, 2023
Several major homeowner’s insurance companies have effectively pulled out of California citing “rapidly growing catastrophe exposure” as their reasoning. What does this mean for Arizona — especially as wildfire season begins?
Jun. 7, 2023
Crews contained a 13-acre fire a half a mile from the Biosphere 2 science facility in Oracle on Sunday night.
Jun. 5, 2023
Flagstaff has created evacuation zones that are designed to help speed up getting people to safety while minimizing the number of residents asked to flee.
May. 31, 2023
County and federal officials say they’ve prepared regions of Coconino County that were hammered by flooding last year. And they’re relying on millions of dollars from the U.S. government to help.
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May. 25, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management is imposing campfire and smoking restrictions at 8 a.m. Friday in portions of Yuma, La Paz and Mohave counties.
May. 25, 2023
The pilot program uses satellite technology, not cellular, to track crews in real-time.
May. 17, 2023
University scientists want to revegetate areas in northern Arizona decimated by last year’s fires and flooding, and they’re asking the public to help.
May. 15, 2023
Firefighters have contained 60% of a wildfire burning south of Wickenburg. Since Thursday, the Cloud Fire has scorched nearly 900 acres near the city northwest of the Valley and spread through desert vegetation. According to the state forestry service, the fire was human-caused.
May. 13, 2023
A wildfire south of Wickenburg that started Thursday afternoon has burned over 800 acres.
May. 12, 2023
Prescribed burns are scheduled to last through the rest of Friday in the Flagstaff Ranger District and through next week in the Mogollon Rim District.
May. 12, 2023
Salt River Project, which has a number of transmission lines on national forest land, has launched a pilot program to mount cameras on transmission lines to scout for wildfires.
May. 9, 2023
Coconino County has aggressively been thinning its forests to try to reduce the amount of overgrowth that leads to violent fires like those last year that burned more than 30 homes and 80 square miles. But current thinning practices don’t create desirable logs with any real use. So it’s trying out different technologies to eliminate a growing problem ahead of any new fires.
May. 9, 2023
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