Wallow Fire – Some Progress
The weather gave firefighters a break today and they used it to make some progress on containment, but the winds and low humidity are returning on Saturday.
Information from the current Wallow Fire InciWeb Page
- Date Started: 5/29/2011
- Number of Personnel: Approximately 3,137 including 19 hotshot crews and 45 hand crews
- Location: south and west of Alpine, Arizona
- Cause: Human – under investigation
- Equipment: 17 dozers, 221 engines, 66 watertenders
- Size: 408,887 acres [639 miles² 1655 km²] based on last night’s infrared data
- Aircraft: 14 helicopters, DC-10
- Percent Contained: 5%
- Injuries to Date: 3
- Residences: 5,242 threatened, 29 destroyed, 5 damaged
- Structures: 24 destroyed
- Other: 1 truck destroyed
- Area Command Team 3 lead by Jim Loach is now managing the Wallow Fire
The fire is 5% contained on the northeast side of the fire. 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 Eagar, 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.
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