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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.