Two wildfires sparked by lightning burned thousands of acres on Fort Huachuca and south of St. David Sunday, with the Fort Huachuca blaze continuing into Monday.
One fire was ignited on Fort Huachuca’s Laundry Hill, while the other burned an area south of St. David near Middlemarch Road, according to Cochise County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Carol Capas.
The St. David blaze, which torched just over 40 acres at the Dragoon Mountain Ranch Estates, began just before 4 p.m., but was put out a few hours later, said St. David Fire Chief Loyal Gephart. “They got it out last night at about 10 p.m.,” the fire chief said Monday.
The fire on Fort Huachuca, meanwhile, called the Buffalo Corral fire, raced through 1,160 acres by 8 a.m.
Forward spread of the fire was stopped, though, by Monday morning, said U.S. Army Fort Huachuca spokeswoman Tanja Linton.