Red slurry marks outline the edges of the Boyce Thompson Arboretum property, as the Telegraph Fire came perilously close to destroying decades worth of history.
Growing Arizona Wildfires Prompts New Evacuation Orders June 9, 2021
SUPERIOR, Ariz. (AP) Crews made progress toward containing one of two major wildfires in south-central Arizona’s desert hill country, allowing evacuation notices to be lifted for several rural areas though towns elsewhere continued to be threatened.
Areas where evacuations were canceled included the small community of Soda Canyon near San Carlos Lake and San Carlos High School near Peridot, but residents were told to be prepared to evacuate again because of the so-called Mescal fire southeast of Globe, according to an interagency firefighting website.
Hundreds of firefighters were battling the blazes, and while thousands of structures are threatened, none so far have been damaged, and no deaths or injuries have been reported, according to the state’s interagency wildfire prevention website.
Evacuations ordered for 70,000-acre Mescal Fire burning near Globe
By FOX 10 Staff and Associated Press
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Mescal Fire burns over 66,000 acres near Globe
A wildfire burning southeast of Globe has increased to 66,913 acres. It is 23% contained as of June 8.
GLOBE, Ariz. - A wildfire burning southeast of Globe has increased to 70,066 acres. It is 23% contained as of June 9.
Airtankers and helicopters were assisting more than 500 firefighters who continued to work the Mescal Fire about 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Globe.
Fire officials lifted evacuation orders for residents of the community of San Carlos and in the areas of Soda Canyon and Coyote Flats. But the community of East El Capitan was still on mandatory evacuation.
The declarations for the Telegraph and Mescal wildfires will allow response efforts to contain the fires to receive $400,000 in state funding, officials said.