Fire Information: 928-777-5682 Fire Facts: Location: 8 miles northwest of Prescott: burning in Granite Mountain Wilderness Number of Resources: 614 personnel including: 21 hand crews, 27 engines, 11 water tenders, 1 dozers, and 4 helicopters Size: Approximately 7,500 acres (more precise mapping will occur tonight from an infrared flight) Percent Contained: 0 Cause: Human, under investigation. Injuries to Date: 0 General Announcements: Tony Sciaccas Southwest Area Type I Incident Management Team assumed management of the fire this morning. Additional resources have been ordered to suppress the fire and will be staging out of the incident command post established at the Prescott High School. Crews made progress establishing a safe anchor point and constructing indirect fireline on the east and west flanks of the fire, while homes in the subdivisions north of the fire were assessed and prepped with sprinklers for protection. No structures have been lost and no further evacuations have...
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