Wildfire News

The Coconino National Forest, Coconino County and the City of Flagstaff will rescind fire restrictions Friday as the region has received widespread monsoon moisture and wildfire danger has decreased.

Attorney General Kris Mayes is among more than a dozen state attorneys general who want extreme heat and wildfire smoke to be eligible for major federal disaster declarations.

Officials with the Kaibab National Forest say they’ll return to stage 1 fire restrictions on the northern portion of the forest beginning Thursday morning as fire danger has increased.

Arizona Public Service Co. says it will start shutting off power in some wildfire-prone areas in Yavapai County during periods of high fire danger.

Hot and dry conditions are set to continue throughout the region, and with that comes the growing threat wildfire. Firefighters have already responded to numerous blazes amid northern Arizona’s traditional fire season.

A wildfire on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation has grown in size and complexity since it was first reported Saturday.

Officials with the Coconino National Forest have upgraded the current fire danger on all three of its districts to high as conditions become drier, warmer and windier.

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

Flagstaff fire managers began a 123-acre prescribed burn on Observatory Mesa Tuesday, which created a visible smoke plume throughout much of the city.

The U.S. Forest Service says the cost of fighting wildfires on public lands throughout the country could reach nearly $4 billion or more a year by 2050.