#WallowFire Incident overview 10 a.m. AZ

#WallowFire Incident overview 10 a.m. AZ

Number of Personnel: Approximately 3,137

Location: south and west of Alpine, Arizona

Including 19 hotshot crews and 45 hand crews

Cause: Human - under investigation

Equipment: 17 dozers, 221 engines, 66 watertenders

Size: 408,887ac based on last night's infrared data

Aircraft: 14 helicopters

Percent Contained: 5%

Inuries to Date: 3

Residences: 4,018 threatened; 67 lost:1 damaged

Other: 24 non-residential structures destroyed, 1 truck

Fire Update

Last evening, it was reported that the fire was 5% contained on the northeast side. Last night's operational period included burnout operations, structure protection, patrolling for spot fires, and mop up in the Alpine area. The predicted weather today is expected to allow firefighters to continue burnout operations. Today's operational period also includes, building fireline using handcrews & dozers around Springerville and Eager, structure protection, patrolling for spot fires and mop up. The DC-10 air tanker was used during yesterday's operations in the area of Greer.

Multiple jurisdictions of Law Enforcement are working with the incident to ensure public and firefighter safety, as well, as protection of property during evacuations.

Road Closures according to Arizona Department of Transportation: http://www.azdot.gov/

State Route 373, a 4.5 mile-long highway that connects the town of Greer in eastern Arizona with SR 260 west of Eagar, is closed.

US 191 is closed between Alpine and north of Clifton (mileposts 176-253).

State Routes 261 and 273, the main access roads to Big Lake and Crescent Lake in the White Mountains, are closed. SR 261 is closed starting approximately seven miles south of SR 260 to Crescent Lake (mileposts 395-413) and SR 273 is closed between the SR 260 junction and to the SR 261 junction (mileposts 378-394).

US 180 is closed between the SR 260 junction near Eagar and the New Mexico state line (mileposts 403-433).

Blogmaster Note: Please check http://www.azdot.gov/ regularly for US 60 closure information as closure is based on smoke and fire conditions and other variable factors.  According to the map, at the time of this post US 60 is closed from the state line to 3 miles west of Springerville.