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Published: 23 May 2012 23 May 2012

Whitewater Fire Information

Situation:  There is a precautionary evacuation of the Willow Creek area at this time because of extreme fire behavior. Crews are also being pulled back to staging areas for their safety. For more information on this fire, please log onto http://fs.usda.gov/gila or www.inciweb.org.
 
 
Incident Name: Whitewater
 
Start Date & Time: May 16
 
Start Location: Gila Wilderness on the Gila National Forest
 3F0C6421Baldy Fire Cloud Spreads Over Silver City

Photo by Ann McMahon- pyrocumulus cloud from Whitewater Fire spreads over Silver City


Cause of Fire:  unknown
 
Area Vegetation:
 
Acres Burned:
 Whtwater Fire 522 by Cresta Terrell

Photo by Cresta Terrell from Pleasanton, south of Glenwood


Ownership(s):  USDA Forest Service
 
Structures Threatened:  yes
 
Structures Burned:  no
 
Evacuations (Y or N & #): Yes - The Willow Creek area

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Photo by Linda Aragon from Reserve