The fire was moving northeast away from the more heavily populated areas of Flagstaff, home to Northern Arizona University, and toward Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument, said Coconino National Forest spokesman Brady Smith. The county declared an emergency after the wildfire ballooned from 100 acres (40 hectares) Tuesday morning to over 9 square miles (23 square kilometers) by evening and to 26 square miles (67 square kilometers) by Wednesday morning. READ ALSO: Here’s how Flagstaff has jumped into the NFT business About 250 structures remained threatened in the area popular with hikers and off-road vehicle users and where astronauts have trained amid volcanic cinder pits. No significant precipitation is in the forecast into next week, Stubblefield said.Ĭoconino County officials said during a Tuesday evening news conference that 766 homes and 1,000 animals had been evacuated. Weather conditions were more favorable Wednesday with light breezes before a return to stronger winds Thursday “approaching a critical level,” said Mark Stubblefield, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Flagstaff. FLAGSTAFF - An Arizona wildfire doubled in size overnight into Wednesday, a day after heavy winds kicked up a towering wall of flames outside the northern Arizona tourist and college town of Flagstaff, ripping through two dozen structures and sending residents of more than 700 homes scrambling to flee.įlames as high as 100 feet (30 meters) on Tuesday raced through an area of scattered homes, dry grass and Ponderosa pine trees in a rural area on the outskirts of Flagstaff as gusts of up to 50 mph (80 kph) pushed the blaze over a major highway.
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