Fish Fire Tonto NF

[chumley]

Saw this one coming down the beeline today. I guessed Canyon Lake ... not too bad from 20+ miles away! Looked larger than 100 acres from the smoke. Hopefully they can get some resources on this before it gets too crazy. Appeared to be burning north of the river/lakes, but that's just what I think I was seeing from the Beeline. The name "fish" makes me think it's named after Fish Creek, which is on the south side of the Canyon Lake.

APACHE LAKE, AZ - Authorities say lightning sparked a fire burning northeast of the Valley.

The Fish Fire has burned approximately 100 acres in the Tonto National Forest near Apache and Canyon lakes, along the Old Apache Trail near milepost 220.

Highway 88 is closed 3.5 miles east of the Salt River to 2.6 miles west of Davis Wash, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.

The U.S. Forest Service said there are 70 personnel working on the fire, but that air support is on hold due to the weather.

The fire burning through desert brush is zero percent contained.

[big_load]

It sure sounds like Fish Creek from the description. I hope it doesn't burn too far upstream.

[joebartels]

ugg, I think 220 is right around where it turns from pavement to dirt

http://hikearizona.com/map.php?QX=898
you can get an idea, there are 640 acres in a square mile

[SuperstitionGuy]

That close to 88 I would suspect a still lit cigarette thrown out the window of a car as opposed to lightning.

[kingsnake]

Yeah, good thing Phoenix is paved over, or there would be constant brush fires here ...

[Tough_Boots]

Ahhh... Last night heading east on the 60, I noticed a road closure sign for a certain section of 88. I was curious about what was going on out there.

[nonot]

400+ acres, almost fully contained.

http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=46 ... 23f1822eb3