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What started as a car fire on Saturday was fueled by winds of 25 mph to 30 mph and made its way through the Sonoran desert and canyon lands to reach ponderosa pine forest, Hines told NBC News.
Fire officials said they were investigating exactly what sparked the blaze about 5 miles (8 kilometers) east of Carefree, just outside northern Scottsdale on the edge of the Tonto National Forest.
Multiple emergency alerts were sent out (approx: 7+) (more accurate confirmed: 5+) during the first few weeks of the active fire. [15] Lockett Coconino: 2,782: June 29: Lightning-caused [16] Buckhorn Graham: 1,006: July 10: August 10 [17] Watch: Gila, Graham: 2,162: July 10: July 17: Destroyed 21 buildings and 13 other structures, caused by ...
The 2024 Wildcat Fire was a relatively large wildfire that burned in the Tonto National Forest, located in the U.S. state of Arizona. The fire burned 14,402 acres of land before being declared contained on June 3. [1] It was the second-largest wildfire of the 2024 Arizona wildfire season, only behind the Freeman Fire.
The Central Fire along with the Bush Fire is consuming swaths of Tonto National Forest. The Central Fire is worlds smaller than the 186,086-acre Bush Fire, which had grown over the weekend but was ...
The north side of the fire was chosen for containment efforts. [5] On June 6, the fire was 62% contained, and the fire was approximated to be one mile east of Fort McDowell. [5] [6] On June 7, Tonto National Forest remained closed as the fire burned, and containment on the fire reached 86%. [7]
It was located in the Tonto National Forest. As of June 18, 2019 it is 100% contained. Human 7,470 2019 Cellar Fire [95] This fire burned in the Prescott National Forest. Lightning Grass, brush Yavapai 7,512 2019 Ikes Fire: 16,416 2024: Wildcat Fire [96] Fire burned in the Tonto National Forest: Human Grass-brush Maricopa County: 14,402 [97] 0 0 0+
The complex — made up of three large fires in eastern Fresno County as well as several smaller fires — was nearly 17 square miles (44 square kilometers) and 42% contained by Saturday morning.