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– Download the Official Report from June 20, 2011 0800 

See Previous Town Meetings Here

 

 

Eagar Police confirmed to me at 20 June 2011 @ 1029 hours the Pre-Evacuation of South-East Eagar has been lifted.

Photo Credit: John McMahon & Daniel Kramer

 

Additional photos at: RainStar Photography

– Download the full report here – June 20, 2011 0800

Location: Apache, Navajo, Graham, and Greenlee

Injuries to Date: 12

Counties, White Mountain Apache Reservation, San Carlos Apache Reservation,  Arizona;

Catron County, New Mexico

Total Personnel: 3,531

Includes 12 hotshot crews;

48 handcrews

Date Started: 05/29/2011

Cause: Human – under investigation

Residences: 2,714 threatened; 32 destroyed;

5 damaged

Size:  519,319 acres total

Commercial Property: 473 threatened; 4 destroyed

Percent Contained: 51%

Resources: 15 Helicopter; 5 Air Tankers available;

201 Engines; 73 Water Tenders; 20 Dozers

Outbuildings: 1,216 threatened; 36 destroyed;

1 damaged

Vehicles: 1 destroyed

 

Yesterday. High winds from the southwest restricted air support operations after 11:00 am. Structure protection remained in place to protect the towns of Luna and Alpine, as well as the Blue River community. Additional resources were brought in to assist with the containment efforts, and replace crews that timed out. Fire did burn NE of Luna about 5 miles into the Bishop Canyon area. Fire in the Blue River backed down close to the road by the Blue camp ground, and by Mile Markers 26 and 31.

Today. Winds will not be as strong, allowing air operations to support the firefighting effort. Temperatures will be lower allowing firefighters to make progress on problem areas. The fire is expected to back down toward the Blue River. Winds will be out of the northwest which will help firefighting efforts at Luna and aid with the protection of the power lines. The fire environment is much more favorable today but long range spotting remains a possibility.

More Information: The Fire Information Office for Zone 2 is located at the Catron County Fairgrounds in Reserve, New Mexico.  For more information about Zone 2 of the Wallow Fire, please call 575-533-6928.

Closures: There is an area closure on the western portions of Quemado, Reserve and Glenwood Ranger Districts.  The closure is necessary to protect the public and provide for firefighter safety while working to contain the Wallow Fire.

 

I put the images together on AZCentral.com’s Wallow Timeline into a video.  Check it out..

Even with the high winds that we experienced over the weekend the air quality was still considered good and moderate for the majority of the time.  This has been a big concern for us with our children.  The Springerville Particulate concentration monitor can be viewed online at ADEQ’s Website.  Below is a snapshot of the weekend’s air quality.