Coldwater Fire

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CLINTS WELL, Ariz., June 14, 2019 –The Type III incident management team has completed all burnout operations and their work on the 16,790-acre Coldwater Fire and will return fire operations to the Mogollon Rim Ranger District as a Type IV incident at 6 p.m. tonight. The number of resources assigned to the fire is being reduced, as the risk of fire moving out of its perimeter has greatly diminished. The personnel assigned to the fire will patrol and monitor the perimeter and remaining fire activity. Containment will continue to increase over the next few weeks as firefighters identify and extinguish sources of heat along containment lines. Crews will continue with the removal of hazardous trees along travel corridors for public and firefighter safety.

The temporary forest closure remains in effect to ensure no one is injured or killed by the fire-weakened trees, burning debris and stump holes present in the interior of the fire. To review the closure go to https://go.usa.gov/xmJFV.

The public can expect to see minimal smoke from the Coldwater Fire for few more weeks as interior pockets of vegetation and larger burning materials are slowly consumed within the fire’s perimeter.

Immediate updates of notable fire activity and smoke impacts are shared on the Coconino National

Forest’s Twitter and Facebook sites, and on the Forest’s website at www.coconinonationalforest.us.