Mormon Lake Hotshots work on the burnout operations on the northeast part of the Rafael Fire on Saturday, June 26. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Grass, shrubs and some trees ignite during the burnout operation in the Coconino Forest west of Flagstaff on Saturday, June 26. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Operations Section Chief Rick Miller speaks to media about the burnout operation in the Coconino Forest west of Flagstaff on Saturday, June 26. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Grass, shrubs and some trees ignite during the burnout operation in the Coconino Forest west of Flagstaff on Saturday, June 26. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Mormon Lake Hotshots work on the burnout operations on the northeast part of the Rafael Fire on Saturday, June 26. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Grass, shrubs and some trees ignite during the burnout operation in the Coconino Forest west of Flagstaff on Saturday, June 26. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Mormon Lake Hotshots work on the burnout operations on the northeast part of the Rafael Fire on Saturday, June 26. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Wade Laster of the Mormon Lake Hotshots drives through the burnout operations on the northeast part of the Rafael Fire on Saturday, June 26. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Mormon Lake Hotshots work on the burnout operations on the northeast part of the Rafael Fire on Saturday, June 26. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Mormon Lake Hotshots work on the burnout operations on the northeast part of the Rafael Fire on Saturday, June 26. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Mormon Lake Hotshots use a drip torch to ignite a burn out in the Coconino Forest on Saturday, June 26. The burnout operation is done by burning fuel with a low-intensity, controlled fire to create a fuel-free barrier to limit spread of the high-intensity Rafael Fire. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Mormon Lake Hotshots use a drip torch to ignite a burn out in the Coconino Forest on Saturday, June 26. The burnout operation is done by burning fuel with a low-intensity, controlled fire to create a fuel-free barrier to limit spread of the high-intensity Rafael Fire. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Mormon Lake Hotshots use a drip torch to ignite a burn out in the Coconino Forest on Saturday, June 26. The burnout operation is done by burning fuel with a low-intensity, controlled fire to create a fuel-free barrier to limit spread of the high-intensity Rafael Fire. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Mormon Lake Hotshots use a drip torch to ignite a burn out in the Coconino Forest on Saturday, June 26. The burnout operation is done by burning fuel with a low-intensity, controlled fire to create a fuel-free barrier to limit spread of the high-intensity Rafael Fire. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Mormon Lake Hotshots use a drip torch to ignite a burn out in the Coconino Forest on Saturday, June 26. The burnout operation is done by burning fuel with a low-intensity, controlled fire to create a fuel-free barrier to limit spread of the high-intensity Rafael Fire. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Mormon Lake Hotshots use a drip torch to ignite a burn out in the Coconino Forest on Saturday, June 26. The burnout operation is done by burning fuel with a low-intensity, controlled fire to create a fuel-free barrier to limit spread of the high-intensity Rafael Fire. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Grass, shrubs and some trees ignite during the burnout operation in the Coconino Forest west of Flagstaff on Saturday, June 26. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Grass, shrubs and some trees ignite during the burnout operation in the Coconino Forest west of Flagstaff on Saturday, June 26. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Grass, shrubs and some trees ignite during the burnout operation in the Coconino Forest west of Flagstaff on Saturday, June 26. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Mormon Lake Hotshots work on the burnout operations on the northeast part of the Rafael Fire on Saturday, June 26. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Mormon Lake Hotshots work on the burnout operations on the northeast part of the Rafael Fire on Saturday, June 26. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Grass, shrubs and some trees ignite during the burnout operation in the Coconino Forest west of Flagstaff on Saturday, June 26. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Mormon Lake Hotshots work on the burnout operations on the northeast part of the Rafael Fire on Saturday, June 26. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Grass, shrubs and some trees ignite during the burnout operation in the Coconino Forest west of Flagstaff on Saturday, June 26. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Grass, shrubs and some trees ignite during the burnout operation in the Coconino Forest west of Flagstaff on Saturday, June 26. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Grass, shrubs and some trees ignite during the burnout operation in the Coconino Forest west of Flagstaff on Saturday, June 26. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Wade Laster of the Mormon Lake Hotshots drives through the burnout operations on the northeast part of the Rafael Fire on Saturday, June 26. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Grass, shrubs and some trees ignite during the burnout operation in the Coconino Forest west of Flagstaff on Saturday, June 26. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
A Navajo Hotshots truck drives down a forest road as smoke from the Rafael Fire rises behind it on Saturday, June 26. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
A helicopter with a bucket flies over Sedona towards the Rafael Fire on Thursday afternoon, June 24. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
A Sikorsky CH-54B pumps water at the Sedona Wastewater Treatment Center to dump on the Rafael Fire on Thursday afternoon, June 24. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
A Sikorsky CH-54B pumps water at the Sedona Wastewater Treatment Center to dump on the Rafael Fire on Thursday afternoon, June 24. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
A Sikorsky CH-54B pumps water at the Sedona Wastewater Treatment Center to dump on the Rafael Fire on Thursday afternoon, June 24. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
A Sikorsky CH-54B pumps water at the Sedona Wastewater Treatment Center to dump on the Rafael Fire on Thursday afternoon, June 24. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
A CH-47D Chinook flies back toward Sedona after working the Rafael Fire on Friday, June 25. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Firefighters are stationed off of Forest Service 152C Road on Friday, June 25. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Cockscomb is silhouetted behind a ray of light made orange by the smoke of the Rafael Fire on Saturday, June 26. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Cockscomb is silhouetted behind a ray of light made orange by the smoke of the Rafael Fire on Saturday, June 26. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Chimney Rock is silhouetted the setting sun, made orange by the smoke of the Rafael Fire on Saturday, June 26. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
A Sikorsky Ch-54b takes off from Sedona Airport toward the Rafael Fire for air support on Wednesday, June 23. The Helicopter Transport Services helicopter made three flights from the Sedona Airport to the fire on Wednesday. Each flight was approximately two hours long. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Coconino National Forest personnel began evacuating campers and closing roads in the national forest, including the popular Forest Road 525 on Monday, June 21. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Coconino National Forest personnel began evacuating campers and closing roads and trailheads in the national forest on Monday, June 21. USFS law enforcement officer and Sedona Police officer John Laws close the road to the Devil’s Bridge trailhead off Dry Creek Road. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
USFS law enforcement officer Mike O’Neil advises a forest visitor of the closure near the Devil’s Bridge trailhead near Dry Creek Road on Monday, June 21. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Coconino National Forest personnel began evacuating campers and closing roads and trailheads in the national forest on Monday, June 21. USFS law enforcement officer and Sedona Police officer John Laws close the road to the Devil’s Bridge trailhead off Dry Creek Road. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Smoke from the 24,000-acre Rafael Fire burning northwest of Sedona as seen from the Airport Mesa overlook on Monday, June 21. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Smoke from the 24,000-acre Rafael Fire burning northwest of Sedona as seen from the Airport Mesa overlook on Monday, June 21. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Smoke from the 24,000-acre Rafael Fire burning northwest of Sedona as seen from the Airport Mesa overlook on Monday, June 21. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
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