UPDATE 5:14 P.M.:
The Papa Fire has grown to 100 acres, according to the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) and Coconino National Forest.
ORIGINAL STORY:
Crews on the Coconino National Forest are working to contain a 30-acre wildfire about 13 miles east of Flagstaff.
The Papa Fire is burning near Leupp Road in a north/northeast direction at a moderate rate of spread in grass and timber, according to officials.
They say a hotshot crew, one hand crew, six engines, one dozer, one water tender and aerial personnel have so far responded to the wildfire.
The firefighters are using a “direct extinguishment” strategy and are trying to confine the blaze to “as small a perimeter as possible as quickly as possible.”
Forest managers say smoke is noticeable from Flagstaff and will be visible throughout suppression work.
They say there are no immediate threats to infrastructure or other values at risk.
Officials ask the public to avoid the area of the fire.
It comes during red flag conditions throughout most of northern Arizona. Winds on Monday and Tuesday are expected to be between 15 and 25 miles per hour with gusts of up to 45 miles per hour. Relative humidity could drop as low as 5% in some places.
