Overview
- An evening update reported the fire at roughly 3,000 acres with about 5% containment as crews continued active suppression.
- Fire behavior increased during the day when strong westerly winds pushed the blaze eastward toward House Rock Valley and away from established lines.
- Planned evacuations for recreators and public campers in House Rock Valley were put in place and fire-area closures are active on BLM and USFS lands.
- Firefighters used engines, a dozer, heavy retardant, burnout operations and night patrols while planning early use of aircraft to secure containment lines.
- The blaze sits across Arizona State, BLM and USFS lands about nine miles south of Highway 89 and nine miles west of House Rock Valley Road, and incident command was set to transfer to the Color Country Type III team overnight.