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Firefighters continue to patrol, mop-up, and secure the fireline.
Tinder Fire – May 5, 2018 Morning Update Acres: 16,303 acres (based on infrared mapping) Containment:66% Start Date:April 27, 2018 Cause: Abandoned
Illegal Campfire Origin Location: 1.5 mi NE of Blue Ridge Reservoir Jurisdiction:Coconino
National Forest Fuels:Timber (grass and understory) Structures
Lost:33 primary residences, 54 minor structures Resources: 470 personnel including 9 crews, 4 helicopters, 28 engines,
6 dozers, 2 water tenders, and other support personnel Yesterday the evacuation order for the Blue Ridge communities was lifted and residents returned to their properties.For
additional information call the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office at 928-213-2990 or 928-679-8393. Highway 87 was reopened yesterday. Visit https://twitter.com/ArizonaDOTor
call 511 for current status. Unauthorized use of unmanned aircraft (also known as “drones”) in a fire area endangers the lives of pilots and firefighters.Never
fly unmanned aircraft over or near a wildfire. If you fly, someone could die! Visit https://www.nifc.gov/drones/index.htmlfor more information on drones and wildfires. Creeping and smoldering will be the most common fire activity around the fire today.
Fire may burn more activity in areas of unburned fuels within the fire’s perimeter. Heavy fuels, like logs, continue to hold heat. The remaining hot spots within the fire’s perimeter still have the potential to spread as the warmer, drier conditions continue
over the next few days. There will be some increased smoke today as yesterday’s burnout operation continues to consume unburned fuels within the fire’s perimeter.
Smoke will move toward the northwest during the day. There will be moderate smoke impacts to the Blue Ridge Communities. Air quality updates will be posted to websites below. Following yesterday’s burnout operations on the northeast corner of the fire, firefighters will patrol, mop-up, and further secure the line. Otherwise
around the fire, firefighters continue to patrol, mop-up, and do suppression repair to help minimize impacts on the landscape and minimize the potential for soil erosion. Firefighters continue efforts to fully suppress the fire where they can do so safely and effectively.Objectives
include ensuring emergency responder and public safety, protecting structures, facilities and infrastructure in local communities including Starlight Pines 1 & 2, Tamarron Pines Phase 1-5, Blue Ridge Estates Units 1 & 2, Mogollon Range Unit 1 & 2, Clear Creek
Pines 8 & 9, Moqui Ranchettes and Ponderosa Pines, and Camp Colley, protecting sensitive natural and cultural resources, and minimizing prolonged smoke impacts. --
Tinder Fire Information: (928) 792-1666 (public) (605) 351-7914 (media)
Tinder Fire E-mail:
tinderfireinfo@xxxxxxxxx
InciWeb:
https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5763/
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/TinderFireInfo/
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/TinderFireInfo
Coconino County Evacuation/Structure/Re-entry/Recovery Info: (928) 213-2990 or (928)-679-8393
https://www.facebook.com/CoconinoCounty
http://www.coconino.az.gov/tinderfirerecovery
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