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Name County Acres Start date Containment date Notes Ref Volunteer Coconino: 2,675: May 23: 2023 [1]Bullet Maricopa: 3,240: June 4: June 2023 [2]Ridge Coconino: 10,210
The Rodeo fire was intentionally started on June 18 by a seasonal firefighter looking for employment; the Chediski fire was accidentally started on June 20 by a stranded driver trying to attract a news helicopter. Burning areas joined on June 23, having collectively consumed around 300,000 acres. Largest fire in Arizona history at that time. Human
The Yarnell Hill Fire was a wildfire near Yarnell, Arizona, ignited by dry lightning on June 28, 2013. On June 30, it overran and killed 19 members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots , a group of firefighters within the Prescott Fire Department .
The Mojave Desert Land Trust is monitoring the York Fire and the nonprofit’s nearly 560 acres within the burn zone in the Mojave National Preserve.
California's biggest wildfire of the year — burning through delicate Joshua Tree forests along the California-Nevada border — is an unusual desert blaze being fueled in part by the rapid ...
On 20 April 2022, the Tunnel Fire, the biggest incident of the year in Arizona, burned thousands of acres north of Flagstaff. This included the entirety of Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument. More than 700 homeowners were forced to evacuate, and at least 30 structures were destroyed. A state of emergency was also declared. [2] [3]
With 2,520 fires burning 978,519 acres (395,993 ha) of land, the 2020 wildfire season was the largest wildfire season in the US state of Arizona since 2011. [1] [2] Wildfires occur year-round in the state but are most numerous and typically burn the largest swaths of land during spring and summer.
Arizona’s largest county shattered its record for heat-related deaths in 2023, a grim reminder of how dangerous last summer’s heat waves were for people vulnerable to rising temperatures.