Anton David's fire David Anton “It sounds crazy to light a fire to kill a fire, but now I know what a back burn is,” said David, who lives on the farm with his father and dog, Austyn.

May 9—Despite a massive plume of smoke rumbling into the Solano County sky, I-80 motorists had nothing to worry about as they traveled through Lagoon Valley shortly after 10:30 a.m. on Friday.

Watch live: Crews fighting the Desert Willow Complex Fire, formerly called the "Cotton Fire" in Los Lunas give an update on ...

Despite a massive plume of smoke rumbling into the Solano County sky, I-80 motorists had nothing to worry about as they traveled through Lagoon Valley shortly after 10:30 a.m. on Friday. Everything… ...

Have you ever heard the expression “fighting fire with fire?” In its most literal sense, it can describe the practice of igniting prescribed fires to prevent future wildfires.

The Rodeo-Chediski Fire in 2002 and the Wallow Fire in 2011 cumulatively burned across more than a million acres. The sun shines down on the trees of Flagstaff on April 16, 2025. '4FRI finally ...

“We live in a fire-adapted ecosystem up here in northern Arizona, which means that our ponderosa pine trees really love fire. We need fire for myriad reasons," Shaffer said.

The fire is now 95% contained, up from 66% earlier in the day. "We're really in a mop-up patrol phase and monitoring on the majority of this fire," Bickel said. "So, we knew we were in good shape ...

Fight fire with fire? Thinning forests is a start, but experts say it's time to burn more. Brandon Loomis, Arizona Republic. Sun, May 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM UTC. 10 min read. Arizona wildfire season.