Overview
- The Coordinación Estatal de Protección Civil reports the fire in the Tarachi area of Arivechi has burned roughly 1,202 hectares and is about 35% under control with 25% liquidation.
- Authorities have increased field personnel to 73 combatants drawn from CONAFOR, SEDENA, municipal brigades and private mine brigades to strengthen suppression efforts.
- Officials are using and evaluating aerial support, including a helicopter with a helibalde for water drops, and have set up fuel and supply staging in Guásimopa to sustain operations in the mountain terrain.
- Local reports say the fire has advanced toward the hills of ejido Tarachi, the community of La Iglesia and ranches in the Tacupeto valley; authorities say populated centers are not in immediate danger and communities are collecting supplies for brigades.
- The blaze is one of the larger active fires in Sonora, which accounts for a significant share of the country’s ongoing wildfires, even as state officials note 2026 has seen fewer and smaller fires so far compared with 2025.