Crews make varying degrees of headway in Arizona wildfires

  • Source: Pinal Central
  • Published: 06/23/2020 07:41 AM

Hundreds of firefighters made some progress Monday against major wildfires across Arizona. Crews were fighting fires in the Santa Catalina Mountains in the Coronado National Forest overlooking Tucson, in the Tonto National Forest northeast of metro Phoenix, the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest in northeast Arizona and in the Kaibab National Forest north of the Grand Canyon. Authorities said the human-caused Bush Fire outside of metro Phoenix was 42% contained as of Monday after charring 291 square miles (754 kilometers) since it started June 13 in the Tonto National Forest. The lightning-caused Bighorn Fire is 91 square miles (236 square kilometers), burning in canyons and on ridges in the Santa Catalina Mountains and hovering around 16% containment.



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