Restoring Healthy Forests and Preventing Dangerous Wildfires

Firefighting crews are making progress on the two most active wildfires in the state, fully containing one and boosting the containment percentage on the second -- even as lightning touched off two new fires Monday. Click here to read Read more »

Arizona is one of several Western states with a higher-than-normal likelihood for large wildfires this summer based on unseasonably dry weather conditions, according to new data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association.Click here to read Read more »

Firefighting crews gained control of a critical section of the Poco Fire - the area closest to the community of Young - and boosted containment to 25 percent Thursday, officials said. Click here to read Read more »

The Poco Fire, which is burning six miles northeast of Young in the Tonto National Forest, has grown to 11,011 acres. The blaze increased in size by 2,900 acres from Wednesday. It is 15 percent contained. Click here to read Read more »

Two of the most recently ignited fires burning in Arizona's forests grew Monday night, while three others were 100 percent contained Tuesday. Click here to read Read more »

Two new wildfires sparked up in Arizona over the weekend, joining numerous other wildfires around the state, according to an interagency website. The Fox Fire and Garden North Fire in the Coronado National Forest were likely started by lightning on Saturday, according to a news release Sunday. Officials said the Fox Fire is burning between 60 and 100 acres in Rincon Mountain Wilderness,… Read more »

Four Arizona wildfires on Thursday hit or exceeded the 50 percent containment mark. The most recently ignited fire, the Grand Fire, was 70 percent contained Thursday morning after charring 481 acres of ponderosa pine forest near the Grand Canyon. Click here to read Read more »

The Gladiator Fire was fully contained Wednesday morning after blackening 16,240 acres, injuring eight and destroying six structures. Click here to read Read more »

Firefighters have partial containment on wildfire burning near SuperiorClick here to read Read more »

As fire crews knock down bigger wildfires burning in Arizona, smaller fires emerged over the weekend. The Comet and 257 wildfires both started in the Tonto National Forest this weekend, according to David Albo, a spokesman for the forest. Click here to read Read more »