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Aerial Ignition Operations Begin on Kendrick Mountain
Williams,
Ariz., June
14, 2017—For
Immediate
Release -- Helicopter aerial ignition operations continue today near the Kendrick Mountain peak. The operations, in which incendiary devices are dropped from a helicopter to reduce dead and down fuels, began near the peak on Tuesday. The plan is
to continue to use aerial ignition to bring fire slowly down the mountain. The tactics benefit the ecological conditions in the Kendrick Mountain Wilderness while minimizing impacts.
A community meeting in east Flagstaff (see above) on Thursday will provide information on the Boundary Fire and on potential impacts from smoke that may affect the eastern side of Flagstaff over the next several days. Health and emergency management personnel
will also be on hand. Representatives of the Coconino and Kaibab national forests will discuss fire restrictions that take effect Thursday.
For
more information,
details, visit
inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5209/.
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as information
is received. Name:
Boundary
Fire
Reported:
June 1 Cause: Lightning
Containment: 13%
Size: 5,784
acres Resources: 495 personnel Location:
About
17
miles
northwest
of Flagstaff
burning in the
Kendrick
Mountain Wilderness and north and east of the Wilderness on the
Coconino and Kaibab national forests. Fuels:
The wildfire
is burning
in heavy
dead and down trees
and
forest debris
left
from the
Pumpkin Fire of 2000 and ponderosa pine outside of the Pumpkin Fire scar. Closures: Closure Order Number
04-17-13-F (map)
affecting the Boundary Fire Planning Area is still in effect. US Highway 180 will remain closed because of smoky conditions until further notice. Visit
azdot.gov or
visit ADOT’s Travel Information Site at www.az511.gov.
Trails:
These trails are closed: Pumpkin Trail; Kendrick Mountain Trail; Bull Basin Trail and the 4th Connector Trail. Smoke
Impacts: Communities to the south and east of the fire may be affected.
Smoke could settle in Fort Valley, Baderville and east Flagstaff. Low winds will keep smoke from moving out of the area and it may drift further south.
An air quality report is available on the Boundary Inciweb page under maps.
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