The fire continues to hold within containment lines including through afternoon winds with gusts up to 20 mph. Even with Friday’s hot and dry conditions fire behavior stayed low to moderate with heat lingering within the interior of the fire, particularly within the Hassayampa Riverbed.
Today, crews remained engaged with heavy mop up, working along the fire’s edge ensuring no heat remains. The process of mopping up requires firefighters to suppress vegetation and remove large material still burning along the fire’s edge and extinguishing it down into the mineral soil. Mopping up...