VIDEO: June 5, 2021, marks one year since the Bighorn fire broke out in the Santa Catalina Mountains, burning nearly 120,000 acres.
Captain Adam Jarrold with the Golder Ranch Fire District says boots on the ground, aircraft above, and strategy all played a role in putting out the Bighorn Fire. “It’s really tough to imagine that an entire year has gone by since the Bighorn fire ignited,” he told KGUN9 as he reflected on the firefighting efforts.
He says it was a very busy time.
“It was the most important fire in the country for a time being so the incident management team were getting all of the resources that they needed. There was over 1,000 firefighters working this fire at one point,” he added.
Not to mention the aircraft fighting the fire from above.