Bighorn Fire

The Bighorn Fire is an active wildfire in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson, Arizona.[3] It has burned 119,987 acres (48,557 ha) and is 100 percent contained as of July 23, 2020. A lightning strike from a storm the evening of June 5, 2020 caused the fire.[1] Following National Multi-Agency Coordinating Group (NMAC) policy, the fire was named after its place of origin on the northwest flank of Bighorn Mountain along Pusch Ridge.

Bighorn Fire
LocationSanta Catalina Mountains, near Tucson, Arizona[1]
Coordinates32.378°N 110.943°W / 32.378; -110.943
Statistics
Cost$37 million[2]
Date(s)June 5, 2020 (2020-06-05)–present
Burned area119,987 acres (48,557 ha)
CauseLightning
Non-fatal injuries7 firefighters
Map
Location in Arizona

Events

The fire has threatened hundreds of homes[4] and the Pima County Sheriff's Department has asked residents in the area to evacuate. The first evacuations occurred in the Catalina Foothills neighborhood in Northern Tucson. The following day, residents in the Oro Valley section of the Catalina Foothills were ordered to evacuate.[5] On June 16, Mount Lemmon and Summerhaven were evacuated.[6]

As of July 4th, the fire was 73 percent contained. The fire was at 40% containment once before, but fire crews working on the fire had lost containment and it dipped down to 16% before rising again. Fire crews have struggled to fight the fire due to the heat and dry weather. The majority of the days since the fire begun had over 100 degree temperatures with low humidity, as is typical in June in Tucson.[1]

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See also

References
  1. "Incident Overview,". InciWeb.
  2. "UPDATE: Bighorn Fire". KOLD.com.
  3. "Bighorn fire near Tucson has burned over 6,000 acres and is threatening hundreds of homes". Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  4. Devoid, Alex (11 June 2020). "Bighorn Fire map: Fire near Tucson threatening hundreds of homes".
  5. Childs, Jan Wesner (11 June 2020). "Arizona's Bighorn Wildfire Forces Evacuations Near Tucson".
  6. "Mount Lemmon, Summerhaven under evacuation as crews battle Bighorn Fire". Tucson.com.
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