Wash Fire Update
Fire Facts
Location: 8 miles NE of Heber-Overgaard
Size: 1,955 acres estimated
Cause: human
Percent contained: 60
Estimated containment date: none
Number of personnel: About 253 including 7 hand crews
Equipment: 2 bulldozers, 14 engines
Aircraft: 2 helitankers and 1 light helicopter
Injuries to date: 0
Cost to date: $902,359
Properties threatened: power lines
Fire Activity: Firefighters will patrol and mop up existing line to a depthof 300 feet today. Red flag conditions are expected today, and thepotential for very active fire behavior exists.
General Information: The Wash Fire is burning in piñon/juniper with a grass understory on the Sitgreaves side of the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests on the Black Mesa Ranger District.
Safety Message: Heavy recreation traffic was observed in the general vicinity of the fire today. Motorists should be alert due to the presence of firefighter vehicles on the highways and Forest roads.
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