Southwest Area Incident Management Team 5 assumed command of three fires — Cottonwood Ridge Fire, Mustang Ridge Fire and the Spoon Fire — on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation.
Spoon Fire Update: Wednesday, the Spoon Fire, +30 miles south of Show Low, produced a large column of smoke in the afternoon that could be seen from Show Low. This was not smoke from the nearby Cottonwood Ridge Fire. Single-engine airtankers and one large airtanker dropped retardant on the west side of the Spoon Fire. After carefully considering the weather, and vegetation in the area, and...