As of Friday, May 31, the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office returns all residents impacted by the Simmons Fire back to Ready status. Due to the hard work of firefighters and significant containment within the last 24 hours, incident management and PCSO determined it was safe to lift the GO and SET statuses to residents within the Riverside and Kearny-areas. All residents may return home at this time. Power to the north end of Kearny was restored Thursday night.
Crews continue to work on the fire boundary today moving toward full suppression by securing the 351-acre perimeter. Last night...