Arizona
Central West Zone
___________________________________________ Incident Management
Team
Saturday
- June 21, 2003
PICTURE FIRE
Located on the Tonto National Forest, 10 miles northeast of Tonto Basin
Estimated Size:
7,000 acres (Human Caused)
Fuel Types: Ponderosa pine, juniper, chaparral
Estimated Containment: 25% Full Containment: Unknown
Resources
Personnel: 578
Equipment: Engines: 9 Watertenders 2 Dozers: 2
Aircraft: Helicopters 8 Tankers 2
Closures
Only Forest Road 609 is closed, from Highway 71 and from Highway 288.
Growth Potential
for the Picture Fire
Growth potential
for the fire is high, and possibly extreme, due to ponderosa pine and
juniper killed by bark beetles.
Strong winds on Friday caused the Picture Fire in the Tonto National
Forest, north of Roosevelt Lake, to make a 2.5 mile run.
Windy conditions,
along with high temperatures and low humidity have made continued
to make firefighting more difficult and hazardous.
For more information
visit the U.S. Forest Service website: www.fs.fed.us/r3/fire.
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