Doce Fire Update

Friday June 21, 2013, 8:00 a.m.

Fire Information: 928-445-1089; 928-445-1269

Fire Information Center Hours: 8:00 am to 8:00 pm

Website: www.inciweb.org/incident/3437

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Fire Facts:

Location: 7 miles northwest of Prescott: burning in Granite Mountain Wilderness

Size: 6,732 acres (increase of 350 acres due to burnout last night.)

Percent Contained: 10%

Cause: Human, under investigation.

Number of Resources: 605 personnel including: 21 hand crews, 27 engines, 11 water tenders, 1 dozer, and 4 helicopters

Injuries to Date: 0

Estimated Cost to Date: $2,241,896 million primarily due to aviation assets in use

General Announcements:

Iron Springs Road is now open to all traffic. Evacuations were ordered for the northern portion of the Mint Creek Valley subdivision. All subdivisions east of Williamson Valley Road have not been evacuated but remain on notice for potential evacuation.

Yavapai County Fire Information line (928-777-7552) will be deactivated Friday, June 21 at 6:00 pm. Fire information will continue to be available from the Southwest Area Incident Management Team via the two phone numbers listed at the top of this update.

Fire managers will be closely monitoring weather conditions over the next several days as projected forecasts are expected to continue to be hot, dry, and windy.

Today’s Activities: Firefighters are making good progress around the entire fire, constructing line directly up against or at a safe distance from the fire’s edge. Crews have secured the heel of the fire on the southwestern edge and have established dozer line on the north and northwestern flank. Last night, crews conducted burnout operations help keep fire behavior from becoming established in ridges that align with the winds.

Today, firefighters will continue structure protection in all evacuated subdivisions, continue line construction, and prepping lines for burnout operations.

Today will be hot dry, and windy again. Crews are anticipating fire behavior to increase in the afternoon.

Evacuations:

Granite Basin Homes, Black Jack, Camp Anytown, Sundown Acres, Cielo Grande, Old Stage Acres, Mint Creek Wash to the north at Cielo Grande (Dome Road), and American Ranch remain evacuated. Neighborhoods in the Williamson Valley corridor are on notice for potential evacuation.

Road Closures:

Iron Springs Road is now open to all traffic. Williamson Valley Road east of the fire between Pioneer Parkway and Outer

Loop Road remains closed to the public. Residents from neighborhoods north of the intersection of Williamson Valley

and Outer Loop Road should plan additional travel around the road closure areas.

Fire Closure Update: The entire area of the Doce Fire is closed to public access. The closure area can be viewed at the

Prescott National Forest webpage at: www.fs.usda.gov/prescott

Individuals who may have seen suspicious activity related to the Doce Fire are asked to contact Forest Service Law

Enforcement and Investigations at (928) 527-3508 or 3509.

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