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U.S. Forest Service
News Release
Media Contact: Dyan Bone
Coco Fire Slowly Moving
Tusayan, Ariz., July 24, 2016—For Immediate Release. On July 22, the Coco Fire ignited due to lightning 6 miles southeast of Tusayan near the junction of Forest Road 302 and 2719. The initial start of the fire covered 15 acres and
has now grown to 25 acres as of today by moving through the grass and pine litter. There was very minimal smoke production yesterday and no reported impacts to the east rim drive or the town of Tusayan overnight.
Today crews will be finishing up with preparation work along the planning area boundary. Later in the day when conditions are favorable, firefighters will be using management ignitions to create a black line along the Arizona Trail and
FR 2719. This buffer will be in the Northeast corner of the planning area. Dave Barringer, Coco Fire Incident Commander-T, states “that slight delays may be expected for hikers in this small portion along the Arizona Trail due to the burn out operations if
the assessment is made to start those ignitions today.” When those ignitions begin some smoke impacts to the east rim drive may occur during the evening hours. For more information:
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Inciweb:
Coco Fire -
inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4881/
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Kaibab National Forest Fire Information Phone Line (928) 635-8311; Text Message – text ‘follow kaibabnf’ to 40404
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Kaibab National Forest Twitter:
www.twitter.com/kaibabnf
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Kaibab National Forest Website:
www.fs.usda.gov/kaibab
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