Mount Tridal News Today

The Crooks Fire burning near Prescott is now 83% contained at just over 9,400 acres. Many evacuations have been lifted. Tunnel Fire is close to full containment.

Nearly all evacuation orders have been lifted for the Crooks Fire burning in the Bradshaw Mountains south of Prescott. An Emergency Response Team has completed a Soil Burn Severity Map for the Tunnel Fire. Crews are conducting mop up operations on the Antelope Fire north of Sunset Crater near Flagstaff.

Despite critical fire weather this weekend and winds in excess of 50 mph, firefighters gained more containment of wildfires burning in northern Arizona.

A red flag warning and a wind advisory were issued for Sunday, from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., for northern Arizona due to dry conditions and strong winds.

According to the Prescott National Forest, fire crews made some progress along the perimeter on Friday and focused on specific areas of concern.

Residents should be mindful of increasing smoke due to winds from the south, officials said.

The Crooks Fire burning south of Prescott remained at 9,014 acres and 23% containment as of Thursday morning.

A community meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday at Embry Riddle University in the Hanger, 3700 Willow Creek Drive in Prescott.

Mandatory evacuations have been ordered for residents of Camp Kippa, Mount Union, Mount Tridal, Look Out Mountain and Mt. Tritle. Several other neighborhoods are on pre-evacuation orders, or SET status, including Hopper’s Retreat, Evan’s Cabin, Potato Patch, Lower Wolf Creek, Groom Creek and Groom Creek camps.