Crooks Fire: Blaze reaches 89% containment; Evacuated residents to return
Residents in one of the last remaining evacuated areas, Lookout Mountain, will be allowed to return home starting at 9 a.m. Wednesday.
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Residents in one of the last remaining evacuated areas, Lookout Mountain, will be allowed to return home starting at 9 a.m. Wednesday.
A red flag warning will be in effect Tuesday from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m. for areas in the northeast of Arizona.
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.