Lightning associated with monsoon storms continues to send wildland firefighting resources in all directions picking up new starts across the state, including the approximately 5,000-acre Treadway Fire located within the Black Mountains in Graham County.
On Saturday, July 29, two fires – the 2-acre Black Mountain and 20-acre Treadway Fires – started roughly 18 miles north of Safford and within two miles of each other. By Sunday, the terrain and wind-driven fires merged together with the incident now being referred to...