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Please see attached news release regarding the Cat Fire update for Monday, September 17, 2018 on the North Kaibab Ranger District of the Kaibab National Forest. Thank
you! Respectfully, D. Hercher
Negligible Growth Observed on Cat Fire Fredonia, Ariz., Sept. 17, 2018 — For Immediate Release.
Favorable weekend weather conditions curtailed fire growth on the Cat Fire. Crews took advantage of lighter than anticipated winds and higher humidity to focus on reinforcing fireline ahead of the Cat
Fire. Cat Fire Overview: Date reported: August 6,
2018 Cause: Lightning Size:
4,108 acres
Personnel: 35 Location:
The Cat Fire is about 25 miles southeast of Jacob Lake in the Saddle Mountain Wilderness on the North Kaibab Ranger District of the Kaibab National Forest.
Fuel: Mixed conifer, ponderosa
pine and pinyon-juniper/mountain mahogany. Weather:
Warm and dry conditions with periods of high winds will continue to persist over northern Arizona through Tuesday with high winds and critical fire weather anticipated
Wednesday afternoon. Strategy: The strategy
continues as contain and control when and where firefighters have the high probability to successfully do so. Crews will continue to reinforce indirect line, focusing efforts west and south of the Saddle Mountain Wilderness to halt the fire’s progression toward
public and private infrastructure and concentrated visitor use areas. Closures: Fire managers
are planning to re-implement area, road, and trail closures. This new closure information will be provided separately upon final approval of the closure order. Smoke: Smoke will continue
to be visible from a wide area around the plateau. Smoke impacts have been minimal thus far but may occasionally effect the communities to the north and the northeast. Motorists are asked to always use caution when driving near or around all fires. For more
information on local air quality resources, please visit
https://www.airnow.gov/.
For additional information the following sources are available: InciWeb:
https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/6109/
Website:
www.fs.usda.gov/kaibab
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