Arizona Wildfire Claims Up to $5 Million

The Schultz fire burning in Arizona near Flagstaff has incurred up to $5 million in claims to date, according to the latest National Interagency Coordination Center
Incident Management Situation Report. To date, 14,800 acres have burned, and the fire is 40 percent contained.

Fire officials said people were being allowed to return to their homes.

NICC said the fire, which was started by an abandoned campfire on June 19, was characterized by “extreme fire behavior with rapid rates of spread.”

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• June 25, 2010 at 2:50 am

  omg says:

  this was no doubt started by illegal aliens. good for az enacting the immigation law in trying to protect the safety of their people and property.
• June 25, 2010 at 1:45 am

  Matt says:

  Fires are expensive. Everyone fighting the fire needs to be taken care of. The area of this fire is pristine; especially the Inner Basin of the San Francisco Peaks! It is one... read more