SOUTHWESTERN-NEWS-RELEASE: KAIBAB NATIONAL FOREST INFORMATION

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Good morning ladies & gentlemen,

 

Enclosed is today’s Fuller Fire update for Friday August 5, 2016.

 

Thank you!

 

Respectfully,

David

 

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David Hercher, MBA
Public Affairs Specialist

Forest Service

Kaibab National Forest, North Kaibab Ranger District

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Fire Crews continue to clean up debris in Fuller Fire area

Friday, August 5, 2016

 

Completion: 42%

Acres: 14,541                                                                                               

Start Date: June 29, 2016                                                                                                         

Cause: Lightning                                                           

Location: Point Imperial, N. Rim Grand Canyon NP             

Total Personnel: 121                                                   

Fuels/Topography: Timber, grass, rugged terrain

                

Parts of the Fuller Fire received as much as 4 inches of rain throughout the week with minimal fire behavior because of heavy rains. Crews worked to clean flood debris from the roads leading to Cape Royal and Point Imperial Thursday morning and will continue to do so today.

 

Fire personnel also continue to build fuel breaks along forest roads 219, 610 and 611. Visitors are asked to use caution while driving in the rain and be mindful of fire equipment on the roads. Fuels mitigation and road cleanup will continue today.

 

There is a closure order is in place for the Kaibab National Forest. The boundary of this area closure starts east of Highway 67 at the junction of FR 610 and FR 611, heading northeast where the junction of FR611 and the North Canyon Trail intersect, continuing on the North Canyon Trail to the Trailhead on FR 631, then south on FR 631 to the junction with FR 445A, then northeast along FR 445A to the junction with FR 8910, then southeast along FR8910 to the Forest boundary with Grand Canyon National Park and following this boundary south and west to FR 610 “This Order only affects National Forest System Lands.” For a map of the new closure, click here.

Fire Information:

Inciweb: inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4845

Text Message: text “follow GrandCanyonNPS” to 40404

Facebook: facebook.com/FullerFire

Twitter: twitter.com/GrandCanyonNPS

Fire Information Center: 844-684-5411

Recorded Information: 928-638-7688

http://wildlandfire.az.gov/links.asp#Smoke

 





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