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Arizona's wildfire season, which got off to a late start, could get more heated as vegetation dries out. Here's where active fires are burning.

Arizonas wildfire season, which got off to a late start, could get more heated as vegetation dries out. Heres where active fires are burning.

Fire officials say smoke from a lightning-caused wildfire near Clints Well will likely be visible through the weekend.

A type 3 incident management team has taken command of the Wilbur Fire west of Clints Well allowing officials to tap additional resources to help manage the lightning-caused wildfire.

As firefighting operations winded down on several fires across northern Arizona last week, fire managers working on the Wilbur Fire on the Mogollon Rim Ranger District closed parts of the

Smoke from a large, prescribed burn about 10 miles southwest of Flagstaff is expected to taper off into the weekend. It’s one of several forest health projects fire managers have begun in recent weeks amid unusually wet spring conditions.

Arizonas wildfire season, which got off to a late start this year, could get more heated as new vegetation dries out during the summer heat.

Fire managers have begun ignitions on a 4,500-acre prescribed burn about 10 miles southwest of Flagstaff.

Fire crews working the Wilbur Fire near Clints Well took advantage of thunderstorms Sunday to conduct ignitions and continue to strengthen fire lines. The lightning-caused wildfire was first reported May 21, 2023.

Fire managers on the Coconino National Forest are letting one fire to burn and are considering allowing another consume woody debris.