Racetrack Fire News Today

While the Racetrack Fire was declared 100% contained Sunday evening, the Grapevine Fire, which is burning in brush, timber and grass on Mingus Mountain, remained at 1,049 acres and was zero-percent contained as of Monday, July 31.

The Grapevine Fire, which is burning in brush, timber and grass on Mingus Mountain, remains at 1,049 acres and is zero-percent contained. The Racetrack Fire is predicted to be 100% contained tonight, July 30, by 6 p.m.

Evacuation orders remained in effect Friday for a wildfire burning northeast of Phoenix, authorities said.

The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office Saturday morning lifted “SET” status for Cherry, Dewey and Mingus 4-H Camp.

The lightning-caused Racetrack Fire, which started July 23, was at 60% containment as of Friday morning, July 28, according to the Prescott National Forest, and a Southwest Area Type 4 Team led by Incident Commander Andrew Giralt, assumed command of the fire, which is burning north of Highway 169 and south of Crater Mountain near the community of Cherry.

White Horse Ranch residents displaced due to the Grapevine Fire were the latest to return home after an evacuation order was lifted Thursday.

The lightning-caused Racetrack Fire, which started July 23, was at 60% containment as of Friday morning, July 28, according to the Prescott National Forest, and a Southwest Area Type 4 Team led by Incident Commander Andrew Giralt, assumed command of the fire, which is burning north of Highway 169 and south of Crater Mountain near the community of Cherry.

The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office, in coordination with the wildfire incident management team plan to return the area of Whitehorse Ranch, in the vicinity of the Grapevine Fire, to a SET status, allowing residents to return to their homes this evening at 7 p.m., Thursday July 27, 2023.

The evacuation area for the Diamond Fire spreading northeast of metro Phoenix has been expanded, authorities said.

The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office, in coordination with the wildfire incident management team plan to return the area of Whitehorse Ranch, in the vicinity of the Grapevine Fire, to a SET status, allowing residents to return to their homes this evening at 7 p.m., Thursday July 27, 2023.