Haywire Fire News Today

Thank you for the article from the Council meeting of 3/26/24.

Wildfires are unplanned and uncontrolled fires burning in a vegetated landscape, such as a forest or grasslands. Many are caused by humans.

The Pipeline Fire sparked just a few miles from Flagstaff, and court documents reveal it may have been caused by a man who lit his toilet paper on fire after defecating in the forest.

The Pipeline Fire sparked just a few miles from Flagstaff, and court documents reveal it may have been caused by a man who lit his toilet paper on fire after defecating in the forest.

Coconino National Forest officials say more than 80% of the Haywire Fire northeast of Flagstaff burned at a low soil severity with only about 1% burning at a high severity.

The monsoon gusted into Rim Country last week - and not a minute too soon.

Coconino National Forest officials have released the soil burn severity map for the Pipeline Fire that scorched 26,500 acres on the San Francisco Peaks.

The Pipeline Fire north of Flagstaff is now 80% contained. Officials say some monsoon moisture fell over the 26,500-acre fire Wednesday but didn’t bring substantial rain.

The Pipeline and Haywire fires burning near Flagstaff are closing in on full containment. Monsoon moisture prompts the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest to lift fire restrictions.

Forecasters say Arizona has a good chance of getting above-average rain through the season that runs through September. New Mexico has equal chances of above, below and normal rainfall.