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All evacuations lifted for Boulder View Fire; containment reaches 80%

7/02/2024 - 8:45 am
Boulder View Fire, extreme fire behavior, 20 to 40-foot flame lengths, public safety, firefighters, evacuation, pre-evacuation, Red Cross shelter, Cactus Shadows High School, Scottsdale, AZ, 60 residences impacted, structure protection, firing operations, road systems, Wildcat Fire burn scar, potential reburn, aircraft, Very Large Air Tanker, ground crews, infrastructure threat, high voltage power lines, Scottsdale Preserve, Sonoran Desert, containment line, hand crews, Powerline Road, heavy fuel, hot and dry conditions, wind gusts, 15 mph, Bartlett Lake, road closure, Bartlett Dam, Cave Creek Roads, no recreation entry, additional resources, Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management, Tonto National Forest, 4.5 miles east of Carefree, Boulder Heights subdivision, human-caused, under investigation

Highlights: All evacuations were lifted, and communities returned to READY status as of 5 p.m. Sunday. The Central West Zone Type 3 Incident Management Team has assumed command of the Boulder View Fire that is under the jurisdiction of the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management and the Tonto National Forest. Containment of the fire has increased to 80% with the additional containment along the north and west sides of the fire. The total acreage remained the same at 3,711.

Boulder View Fire sees increased containment and downgraded evacuations

6/30/2024 - 9:16 am
Boulder View Fire, extreme fire behavior, 20 to 40-foot flame lengths, public safety, firefighters, evacuation, pre-evacuation, Red Cross shelter, Cactus Shadows High School, Scottsdale, AZ, 60 residences impacted, structure protection, firing operations, road systems, Wildcat Fire burn scar, potential reburn, aircraft, Very Large Air Tanker, ground crews, infrastructure threat, high voltage power lines, Scottsdale Preserve, Sonoran Desert, containment line, hand crews, Powerline Road, heavy fuel, hot and dry conditions, wind gusts, 15 mph, Bartlett Lake, road closure, Bartlett Dam, Cave Creek Roads, no recreation entry, additional resources, Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management, Tonto National Forest, 4.5 miles east of Carefree, Boulder Heights subdivision, human-caused, under investigation

Highlights: Areas in GO evacuate status were downgraded to SET while areas in SET status were returned to READY status on Saturday afternoon at 5 p.m. Containment increased on the east side of the fire after it reached the Wildcat Fire burned area and stopped spreading. The Central West Zone Type 3 Incident Management Team has assumed command of the Boulder View Fire that is under the jurisdiction of the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management and the Tonto National Forest.

Boulder View Fire prompts evacuations and threatens infrastructure in Scottsdale

6/28/2024 - 2:33 pm
Boulder View Fire, extreme fire behavior, 20 to 40-foot flame lengths, public safety, firefighters, evacuation, pre-evacuation, Red Cross shelter, Cactus Shadows High School, Scottsdale, AZ, 60 residences impacted, structure protection, firing operations, road systems, Wildcat Fire burn scar, potential reburn, aircraft, Very Large Air Tanker, ground crews, infrastructure threat, high voltage power lines, Scottsdale Preserve, Sonoran Desert, containment line, hand crews, Powerline Road, heavy fuel, hot and dry conditions, wind gusts, 15 mph, Bartlett Lake, road closure, Bartlett Dam, Cave Creek Roads, no recreation entry, additional resources, Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management, Tonto National Forest, 4.5 miles east of Carefree, Boulder Heights subdivision, human-caused, under investigation

The Boulder View Fire stayed very active overnight, showing extreme fire behavior with 20 to 40-foot flame lengths in some areas.

For the safety of the public and firefighters, fire operations made the decision to place residences in that area of the fire into a “GO,” evacuate and “SET,” pre-evacuate status. Those statuses remain in effect at this time and the Red Cross has set up a shelter at the Cactus Shadows High School: 5802 E. Dove Valley Road, Scottsdale, AZ. Approximately 60 residences are impacted by the fire.