FLAGSTAFF/PRESCOTT — The Tunnel Fire in Flagstaff has grown to over 16,000 acres and a Type 1 Incident Management Team has been ordered and is scheduled to arrive Thursday. High winds have grounded air resources which are unable to fly due to wind thresholds for aircraft during firefighting operations.
Some structures have been lost. Unofficial reports are some houses are lost. Some reports are that the fire acted so swiftly that some animals were spooked and have been lost.
Coconino County Emergency Management has set up a call center for evacuees at 928-679-8525.
The Crooks Fire 11 miles south of Prescott Arizona is now 1600 Acres.
The restricted area for the fire consists of all National Forest System lands, waters, roads, and trails within the boundary starting at the intersection of State Route 89 and the National Forest (NF) boundary, proceeding east along the NF boundary for approximately 10 miles, then following the NF boundary south for approximately 6 miles, then following the NF boundary east for approximately 2 miles, then following the NF boundary south for approximately 6 miles, then following the NF boundary for approximately 1 mile to the junction with County Road 177, then following County Road 177 for approximately 10 miles to the intersection with Forest Road (FR) 52, then following FR 52 south for approximately 3 miles to the intersection with Forest Trail (FT) 275, then following FT 275 west for approximately 4 miles to the intersection with FR 82A, then following FR 82A southwest for approximately 5 miles to the intersection with FR 94, then following FR 94 northwest for approximately 3 miles to the junction with the NF boundary, then following the NF boundary north for 1 mile, then following the NF boundary west for 4 miles, then following the NF boundary north for approximately 5 ½ miles to the intersection with State Route 89, then following the eastside of State Route 89 northeast for approximately 13 miles back to the point of beginning at State Route 89 and the junction of the NF boundary. State Route 89 remains open.
A Community Meeting for the Crooks Fire will be held on Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at 6:30 pm at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, 3700 Willow Creek Dr. Prescott, AZ
The meeting will be live streamed to the Prescott National Forest Facebook and you do NOT need an account to watch. If you are unable to attend, the recording will be available to view afterwards at https://www.facebook.com/PrescottNF . ASL Interpreter and Closed Captioning services will be provided.