Fire manager are reporting 22% containment (black line). The fire is still pushing south. To the east there’s several burn scars if somehow the fire did something crazy in that direction.
To the west of the fire they are putting successive handline, dozer line and have dropped a line of retardant in case the fire […]
Unfortunately, the evacuation is not scheduled to be lifted today.
There continues to be fire activity to the south. Containment was reported at 15%, all along the northern perimeter just south of Potato Patch. The risks focus on it moving south and then eventually to the west away from us. That’s a low probability outcome but […]
Received more information on this. The temperature, humidity and wind direction is exactly as forecasted. This fire activity is exactly where we relayed before, southwest corner of the fire and this fire activity is exactly as expected. It might be uncomfortable to see but from an operations standpoint, this is good.
Read the entire article at: […]
From Roger at Walker Fire:
We wanted to send an update on the Crooks Fire outside of the Facebook
posts we’ve put up all throughout the incident. You can go to this page
without being a Facebook member, as we understand it, to see all the
content. https://www.facebook.com/walkerfiredept/The fire started on Monday and essentially exploded in just a […]
Same spot as previous days on Misty Mountain Loop. A lot of cloud cover, our vehicle thinks it’s 38 degrees and it is currently snowing lightly. Not enough precipitation at the moment to put it out but we’ll take it. Heading now over to Big Bug.
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Mount Davis from Big Bug Mesa rd. This spot had […]
Yesterday was productive. The we’re able to drop slurry around the north end of the fire. There will be even more resources in Walker than yesterday, the fire apparatus pictured are from outside the area. The collage pictures compare yesterday on top to today on the bottom from similar vantage points. Dozer work being done […]
Walker and Potato Patch are a GO for evacuation due to a spot fire. More information to come.
https://www.facebook.com/walkerfiredept/
For those of you who do not use FaceBook, here’s what is being posted on the Walker Fire Facebook Page. It’s in order from oldest to newest as you read from top to bottom. Each paragraph is a separate post.
April 19, 2022
The smell of smoke early in the morning is normal fire […]
I got this email from the WFPA. Walker Fire was on the scene and quickly put out this fire.
There was a small lighting caused fire on Pink Car Rd on Saturday afternoon. Our first personnel on scene were able to knock down the flame with an Indian Pack (backpack that holds 5 gallons of water) […]
Walker Fire says the smoke this morning is from the Rafael Fire. Not to worry.
Here’s the smoke forecast from the AZDEQ:
https://azdeq.gov/WildfireForecast?fire=rafaelfire
