Fire crews were working to suppress wildfires' last remaining hot spots around the Phoenix area Wednesday, while other major wildfires continued to burn across Arizona.
The Avondale Fire that started west of Phoenix on June 26 was completely contained Wednesday morning after burning more than 800 acres, state forestry officials said. Meanwhile, fire crews worked to increase containment past 98% on the nearly 200,000-acre Bush Fire northeast of Mesa. Evacuations for both fires had been lifted.
Other major wildfires continued to burn in the Santa Catalina Mountains, on the Navajo Nation and north of the Grand Canyon. Fire officials did not have an update on the Bush Fire as of Wednesday morning, but said Tuesday the fire had burned 193,455 acres in the Tonto National Forest and remained at 98% containment.