Wildfire News

The Gila County Division of Emergency Management has ordered evacuations for three communities near the lightning-caused Washington Fire about 11 miles north of Payson.

The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office has placed some residents east of State Route 179 in Set pre-evacuation status because of a wildfire first reported Wednesday afternoon.

Coconino County officials have implemented stage 2 fire restrictions on Tusayan and North Kaibab districts of the Kaibab National Forest.

Managers on the Dragon Bravo Fire have declared a significant portion of the eastern edge of the blaze contained as it has topped 132,000 acres.

Kaibab National Forest managers will reopen some areas that were closed because of the White Sage and Dragon Bravo Fires, while implementing heightened stage 2 fire restrictions.

One month to the day after the Dragon Bravo Fire was started by lightning, managers say they're hopeful that changing weather and fuel types will help them increase containment.

The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office says they've arrested a resident of Hillside they allege sparked a 900-acre wildfire Friday afternoon five miles west of Prescott.

The Dragon Bravo Fire on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon has grown to nearly 112,000 acres and is 8% contained.

Two wildfires burning in the western United States — including one that has become a "megafire" on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon — are so hot that they are spurring the formation of "fire clouds" that can create their own erratic weather systems.

The Dragon Bravo Fire on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon has grown to more than 105,000 acres and has become the largest active wildfire in the nation.