Telegraph Fire

Fire Information Public Phone Line: 480-608-2054

NEW Fire Information Media Phone Line: 949-573-5408

Email: 2021.Telegraph@firenet.gov

InciWeb: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7512/

NEW Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Telegraphfireinformation/

Telegraph Fire Morning Update – June 9, 2021

FOR CURRENT EVACUATION INFORMATION, residents are advised to monitor Facebook pages for Pinal County Sheriff’s Office: https://www.facebook.com/PinalCountySO and Gila County Health and Emergency Management: https://www.facebook.com/gilacohealthem Notifications can change rapidly. Residents in areas affected by the fire should remain vigilant and be prepared to evacuate. Evacuation notifications are issued when danger is imminent and life threatening.

Acres: 80,822

Percent Containment: 21%

Date/Time Detected: Friday, June 4, 2021, 1:30 pm

Structures burned: 5

Number of Personnel: 751

Cause: Human, under investigation

Origin/Location: South of Superior, Arizona  

The fire burned actively through the night in the area of Signal and Pinal peaks. Fire crews worked all night burning out around structures and infrastructure in these areas. The fire crews also conducted smaller burnouts along the highway 60 corridor as they work to secure structures, electric utilities, and highway infrastructure along the corridor. The burnout from yesterday along Russel Gulch has been successful to this point. Today fire crews will be focusing along the highway 60 corridor as they work to contain fire in this area to facilitate the future reopening of travel. Crews will also be constructing fire lines in the Pinal Mountains. There will be a virtual Public Meeting tonight (June 9) at 6 p.m., on the Incident Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Telegraphfireinformation/.

EVACUATION SHELTERS: High Desert Middle School in Globe and Skyline High School in Mesa.

Gila County Emergency Management has activated a call center for information on sheltering if you evacuate due to the wildfire: 928-910-4009 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

READY,SET,GO! INFORMATION: https://ein.az.gov/ready-set-go

PINAL COUNTY EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM - Sign up for emergency notifications here: https://member.everbridge.net/892807736724089/login

GILA COUNTY EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM -  Sign up for emergency notifications here:

https://member.everbridge.net/892807736724090/login

CLOSURE AREAS: Tonto National Forest Closure has revised its Closure Order and Map:  https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/tonto/alerts-notices

Bureau of Land Management Emergency Fire Closure Order and Map:  https://www.facebook.com/BLMArizona/

ROAD CLOSURES: Arizona Department of Transportation Interactive Map: https://az511.gov/

• Telegraph Fire Morning Update - June 9, 2021 (pdf 147 kb)
• Telegraph Fire 6-9 Information Map (jpeg 1,124 kb)
• Telegraph Fire 6-9 Information Map (pdf 935 kb)
• Telegraph and Mescal Fire Smoke Report 6-9 (pdf 157 kb)