Three months after the most destructive fire in California’s history, while the residents of Paradise were sifting through the rubble of their houses, moving out of shelters and into less temporary but not permanent housing, considering the future of their home—while they were still grieving the 86 people killed—Catrin Edgeley took her notebook and recorder to
Tiger Fire Size: 16,113 acres Containment: 43% Cause: Lightning Location: 11 miles east of Crown King Start Date: June 30, 2021, 3:45 p.m. Incident Commander: Dave Gesser Incident Personnel: 361 Morning Dust From Salt River Valley Night Storm Obscures Tiger Fire With the community of Crown King in a “Set” status, the town remains closed to the public. Only residents are allowed
At 8:00 a.m. today, July 7, 2021 the Prescott National Forest has rescinded the full forest closure in coordination with neighboring forests. Stage II Fire Restrictions including Shooting Restrictions will remain in effect. In addition, a fire area closure remains in place for the Rafael and Tiger Fires. Recreation personnel ask for patience as they
Tiger Fire Email: 2021.tiger@firenet.gov Size: 11, 971 acres Containment: 0% Cause: Lightning Location: 11 miles east of Crown King Start Date: June 30, 3:45 p.m. Incident Commander: Dave Gesser Incident Personnel: 205 Rain on Saturday slowed fire growth and lessened its activity. As reported by remote automated weather stations placed around fire, the south end of the fire received 2.65 inches of rain,
Tiger Fire Acres: 5,567 Percent Containment: 0% Date/Time Detected: June 30, 3:45 p.m. Fuels: Chaparral and Grass Number of Resources: 76 Cause: Lightning Origin/Location: 11 miles east of Crown King. The Tiger Fire remains active, with short duration runs due to wind and topography pushing the fire to the north and east onto Bureau of Land Management lands. Firefighters continue to focus
Photo: Bottom Fire Rafael Fire Acres: 78,750 Percent Containment: 89% Date/Time Detected: Friday, 06/18/2021 at 1927 MST Structures Damaged/Destroyed: 1 Number of Personnel: 476 Cause: Lightning Origin/Location: 4 miles north of Perkinsville Yesterday, scattered rain fell across the north half of the fire. Crews continued with mop up, patrol, and suppression repair work on all flanks of the fire with suppression repair work being completed below the Mogollon Rim in and
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