Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management

Arizona fire officials on Monday briefed Gov. Katie Hobbs on what could shape up to be a very active wildfire season ahead throughout the state.

Crews from across northern Arizona and the Navajo Nation are among the nearly 900 firefighters assigned to the Eaton Fire burning outside Pasadena, California.

The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office lifted evacuation orders in Yarnell Monday evening as crews gained control of a fast-moving brush fire.

Crews are working to contain a wildfire burning about 20 miles northeast of Kingman in a remote area of the Peacock Mountains.

Fire restrictions are in place throughout northern Arizona as hot and dry conditions continue.

Arizona forestry officials will put fire restrictions in place beginning Thursday morning on state trust lands in Gila, Maricopa and Pinal counties.

The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management continued work on a prescribed burn project near Flagstaff Tuesday.

An annual wildfire training academy in Prescott marked a record-setting year with more than 1,000 attendees. It comes ahead of the pivot to a new model described as the biggest shift in wildfire management in decades.

Gov. Katie Hobbs and state fire officials came together Monday to urge Arizonans to take precautionary measures to prevent wildfires.

The 3,817-acre Aubrey Fire started Tuesday near Route 66 northwest of Seligman. State forest officials believe it's likely human-caused as multiple starts indicate it was sparked by a dragged chain or something similar.