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 iconic statue of a famous burro housed in the Grand Canyon Lodge on the North Rim, thought to be lost forever due to the Dragon Bravo Fire, is safe.

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.

Better weather conditions have helped slow recent growth on the Dragon Bravo Fire.

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.