PHOTO: At about 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 2, Verde Valley Fire District responded to a fire off Page Springs Road in Cornville.
The fire was in a yard and was spreading into the brush and threatening a structure, Philip Graham, acting battalion chief for Verde Valley Fire stated in a Jan. 4 media release.
When fire crews arrived on scene, they found a “large amount of fire in the yard spreading into some large cottonwood trees, threating a barn and burning up to Page Springs Road,” Graham stated.
“Crews deployed hand lines and got a quick knock down on the fire before it extended into the barn and held it from crossing Page Springs Road,” Graham stated.
Verde Valley Fire reported that the property owner’s barn sustained minor damage from brief flame exposure.
“The fire was extinguished and mopped up with the use of hose lines and hand tools,” Graham stated.