10/5/23

FOREST SERVICE CREWS ARE MAKING PROGRESS ON THE CECIL FIRE BURNING IN THE COCONINO NATIONAL FOREST BETWEEN SEDONA AND FLAGSTAFF. THE BLAZE HAS BURNED NEARLY 22-HUNDRED ACRES, BUT IS 67-PERCENT CONTAINED. BECAUSE OF THE PROGRESS MADE IN FIGHTING THIS WILDFIRE, FOREST SERVICE OFFICIALS HAVE RESCINDED THE EMERGENCY CLOSURE ORDER FOR THE AREAS NEAR THE CECIL FIRE. 

THERE ARE 42 PERSONNEL CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO THE CECIL FIRE, BUT THAT NUMBER IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE OVER THE WEEKEND. THE WILDFIRE BEGAN BACK ON SEPTEMBER 18TH DUE TO A LIGHTNING STRIKE.