VIDEO: A growing wildfire that sparked Thursday afternoon in Bagdad, Arizona -- a mining town about 90 minutes west of Prescott -- has destroyed at least 20 structures, including homes, and forced the evacuation of the entire town.
Arizona State Forestry says forward progress has been stopped on the Spur Fire that has burned about 150 acres and is 25% contained as of Friday morning . It is being fueled by dry grass and brush. Our helicopter crew reported seeing more than a dozen homes were either actively on fire or heavily damaged, some completely destroyed.
Arizona State Forestry says 13 primary structures and more than 10 secondary structures have been confirmed destroyed. A utility infrastructure has also been damaged and the entire town has been evacuated.