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The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office issued the order for residents near Mount Union, about 10 miles south of Prescott, after a wildfire began Monday morning.
More than 670 personnel were fighting a wildfire burning south of Prescott in central Arizona as of Monday, April 25, fire officials said.The Crooks Fire, which officials said was “burning in ...
Fire started by campers at the Water Wheel Campground threatens the community of Beaver Valley. Human Pine-Oak Forest / Chaparral Gila 800 0 0 0 2010 Big Bug Fire [63] Small fire believed to be started by a dragging chain burned private property along State Route 69 near Mayer, Arizona. Human N/A Yavapai 65 0 0 0 2010 89 Mesa Fire [64]
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. Just one of the hotshots on the crew survived (Brendan Mcdonough)—he was posted as a lookout on the ...
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The Goodwin Fire was a wildfire that burned 28,516 acres (11,540 ha) in the U.S. state of Arizona over 16 days, from June 24 to July 10, 2017. The fire destroyed 17 homes and damaged another 19 structures, but no firefighters or civilians were injured or died in the fire.
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By the end of the year, more than fifty fires larger than 1,000 acres (400 ha) had burned within the state. However, the most notable fire of the season, the Ocotillo Fire, burned only 980 acres (400 ha) over four days and threatened the town of Cave Creek. It destroyed 20 buildings, including 8 homes. [4]