Robert Markey, an engine captain with the U.S. Forest Service, extends a fire line around a burning stump on the edge of the Prairie Fire Tuesday morning at its northern boundary along the BNSF railroad tracks.
Rich Jamison, battalion chief with the Ponderosa Fire Department, assesses the size of the Stump Fire between West Route 66 and Interstate 40 near Parks Tuesday morning, one of two wildfires in the area in the same day.
Robert Markey, an engine captain with the U.S. Forest Service, extends a fire line around a burning stump on the edge of the Prairie Fire Tuesday morning at its northern boundary along the BNSF railroad tracks.
Firefighters walk toward the fire line of the Prairie Fire Tuesday morning. As of 11 a.m., the fire was at 54 acres and still growing southwest of Parks.
Robert Markey, an engine captain with the U.S. Forest Service, extends a fire line around a burning stump on the edge of the Prairie Fire Tuesday morning at its northern boundary along the BNSF railroad tracks.
Robert Markey, an engine captain with the U.S. Forest Service, extends a fire line around a burning stump on the edge of the Prairie Fire Tuesday morning at its northern boundary along the BNSF railroad tracks.
The Kaibab National Forest and Ponderosa Fire District responded to two small wildfires west of Bellemont on Tuesday morning.
The first, dubbed the Prairie Fire, was originally reported in the vicinity of Whispering Pines Ranch south of Interstate 40 at about 3:30 a.m. Ponderosa Fire District Chief Lee Antonides said the Prairie Fire was primarily fueled by grasses but did spread to some timber.
Rich Jamison, battalion chief with the Ponderosa Fire Department, assesses the size of the Stump Fire between West Route 66 and Interstate 40 near Parks Tuesday morning, one of two wildfires in the area in the same day.
Firefighters walk toward the fire line of the Prairie Fire Tuesday morning. As of 11 a.m., the fire was at 54 acres and still growing southwest of Parks.
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