Arizona's Cellar Fire grows to more than 8,000 acres Tuesday

  • Source: The Daily Courier
  • Published: 07/17/2019 12:00 AM

What started out as a small 5-acre fire started by lightning near Wagoner this past weekend grew to more than 8,000 acres by Tuesday evening, according to the Arizona Interagency Wildfire website. Reports earlier in the day had the Cellar Fire estimated to be at 1,000 acres. "It's probably more than that," Prescott National Forest spokesperson Debbie Maneely said at the time in a phone interview with the Courier on Tuesday night. "We'll get a better idea tomorrow."The smoke from the blaze could be seen for miles in towns like Dewey, Mayer, Chino Valley, Mayer, Prescott Valley and parts of Prescott as the sun set Tuesday night. A tweet from the Prescott National Forest Service account said winds were pushing the fire to the north and east.



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