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AIR QUALITY DIVISION – WILDFIRE SUPPORT
UPDATE – San Juan Fire
LOCATION: North of Arizona State Highway (Hwy) 260 and south of the town of Vernon off of U.S. Hwy 260 (approx. 3 ½ hours from Phoenix).
SIZE: 5,000 acres; 90 structures threatened.
EVACUATIONS: Mandatory evacuations are in effect for the subdivisions of Red Cabin Ranch, Whiting Homestead, Carlock Ranch south of Bucklew Springs and Forest Service (FS) Road 61 and 2. Greens Peak Hideaway has not been evacuated as reported on June 27th, but has been issued a pre-evacuation notice. Apache County is requesting evacuees to go to the reception center at the Round Valley Middle School, 126 W. Second Street in Eagar, or if they choose to go to a different location to call the Joint Information Center at 928-333-3412.
ROAD CLOSURES: Road blocks are in place at FS Road 271B, County Road (CR) 3140 at Carlock Ranch, FS Road 267 at FS Road 224, FS Road 117 and FS Road 96, and CR 3140 at County Road 3261. Visit the Apache County website for more information, http://www.co.apache.az.us/
INFORMATION: A community meeting will be held today, Saturday, June 28th at 6:00 p.m. at the Vernon Fire Department. Members of the incident management team will be present to discuss the status of the fire and planned containment efforts. For additional information, please visit the County website, http://www.co.apache.az.us/ or by calling 928-333-3412 or 311.
Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest is in Stage II fire restrictions. Portions of the Sitgreaves are in Stage III fire restrictions. Fire danger remains very high. Visit the Apache-Sitgreaves website at http://www.fs.usda.gov/asnf. For information regarding fire restrictions, visit Arizona Fire Restrictions at http://firerestrictions.us/az or Arizona Fire Prevention & Information (fire restrictions & red flag alerts) at http://wildlandfire.az.gov.
SIZE: 5,000 acres; 90 structures threatened.
EVACUATIONS: Mandatory evacuations are in effect for the subdivisions of Red Cabin Ranch, Whiting Homestead, Carlock Ranch south of Bucklew Springs and Forest Service (FS) Road 61 and 2. Greens Peak Hideaway has not been evacuated as reported on June 27th, but has been issued a pre-evacuation notice. Apache County is requesting evacuees to go to the reception center at the Round Valley Middle School, 126 W. Second Street in Eagar, or if they choose to go to a different location to call the Joint Information Center at 928-333-3412.
ROAD CLOSURES: Road blocks are in place at FS Road 271B, County Road (CR) 3140 at Carlock Ranch, FS Road 267 at FS Road 224, FS Road 117 and FS Road 96, and CR 3140 at County Road 3261. Visit the Apache County website for more information, http://www.co.apache.az.us/
INFORMATION: A community meeting will be held today, Saturday, June 28th at 6:00 p.m. at the Vernon Fire Department. Members of the incident management team will be present to discuss the status of the fire and planned containment efforts. For additional information, please visit the County website, http://www.co.apache.az.us/ or by calling 928-333-3412 or 311.
Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest is in Stage II fire restrictions. Portions of the Sitgreaves are in Stage III fire restrictions. Fire danger remains very high. Visit the Apache-Sitgreaves website at http://www.fs.usda.gov/asnf. For information regarding fire restrictions, visit Arizona Fire Restrictions at http://firerestrictions.us/az or Arizona Fire Prevention & Information (fire restrictions & red flag alerts) at http://wildlandfire.az.gov.
The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality will continue to assess and track fire conditions. For information regarding the health impacts of wildfire smoke, visit the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality’s (ADEQ) website for Wildfire Support, http://www.azdeq.gov/function/
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