Overview
- The wildfire, which flared Monday near the Cochise Stronghold campground, grew to about 20 acres before crews halted its forward progress.
- The Cochise County Sheriff’s Office told people at the campground and on nearby trails to leave and warned adjacent areas to be ready to go.
- Arizona’s forestry agency sent ground crews and multiple air tankers, with more than 50 firefighters working to secure the area.
- State forestry officials told KOLD that a mobile home and a shed were destroyed, and they have not identified what ignited the fire.
- The blaze burned in the same part of the Dragoon Mountains as last year’s Stronghold Fire of more than 2,000 acres, which helped drive a fast, multi‑agency response.