Evacuations have been ordered for northern Arizona communities due to the Tinder Fire burning near Happy Jack.
According to Coconino County officials, evacuations were ordered Sunday by the Coconino County Sheriff's Office for affected communities north, east and west of Highway 87 including Moqui Ranchettes, all of Starlight Pines, Clear Creek (except 1 and 2), all of Timber Ranch, all of Tamarron, Pine Canyon, Blue Ridge Estates, Ponderosa Pines, and Mogollon Ranches.
Tune in to ABC15 News at 10 p.m. for the latest on this developing story
The evacuation will be in effect until further notice, deputies will stay in the area to provide 24-hour security.
The fire has burned an estimated 8,000 acres and is burning 1.5 miles northeast of Blue Ridge Reservoir. Structures have also been lost in the fire, according to
InciWeb.
According to fire officials, approximately 500 personnel including 7 hotshot crews are fighting the blaze.
The cause of the fire is unknown at this time.
An evacuation site has been set up at Twin Arrows Navajo Casino Resort, 22181 Resort Blvd, Flagstaff, AZ 86004. Small animals are being evacuated to this site. The original site was at Winslow Junior High but was later moved due to smoke in the area.
County officials say large animals are being accepted at the Holbrook Navajo County Fairgrounds.
Residents with questions on the evacuations are asked to call 928-679-8393.
Published on Apr 29, 2018
Blaze in Harlem high-rise leaves 12 injured — 3 critically
Apr 30, 2018 | 12:28 AM
A blaze tore through a Harlem high-rise Sunday, leaving 12 people injured — three of them critically, including a 6-year-old girl, officials said.
The fire started on the 29th floor of a 35-story building on Fifth Ave. near 110th St. about 6:40 a.m., according to authorities.
Three people were hospitalized in critical condition and three more suffered serious injuries that were not life threatening, the FDNY said.
Six people, including one firefighter, suffered minor injuries. Medics took the victims to local hospitals.
About 80 firefighters rushed to the scene within four minutes of getting the call, said Deputy Chief Michael Gala.
They rescued six people from the smoke-filled apartment, including two children.
The firefighters found the 6-year-old girl in cardiac arrest and a 1-year-old girl in respiratory arrest. The 6-year-old girl's injuries were considered life-threatening.
"Our members quickly forced entry, they found two victims in a hallway in the apartment," said Gala. "They quickly brought them out to the hallway, went back into the apartment, and found four additional victims."
Gala added he "could not be prouder" of the firefighters who pulled the victims out and extinguished the flames in under an hour, despite challenging conditions of high heat and heavy smoke.
"Clearly, zero visibility is a challenge for our members, they're operating in the dark," Gala told reporters at the scene. "But they recovered the victims in a very short period of time."
Some residents said they didn't hear any smoke alarms go off.
Allyson Narek, 30, who lives one floor below where the fire broke out, said a neighbor knocked on her door and told her to leave. If not for that, she wouldn't have known there was a fire.
"I was sort of in this twilight sleep, and I heard a lot of motion upstairs," she said. "Then my roommate started screaming 'fire!'" said Narek. "And that's because someone went around to each apartment door and started screaming 'fire!' No alarms, nothing."
A resident who lives on the sixth floor said he didn't know there was a fire until over an hour later.
"I guess there's no fire alarms," he said. "My friend texted me and said, 'Hey, are you okay?' And I was like, 'Yeah, why?' And he said, 'Your building's on fire.'"
Gala said the cause of the fire was still under investigation.
