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Spoon Fire

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Unit Information

Fort Apache Agency 
P. O. Box 560 Whiteriver Arizona 85941 
Whiteriver, 
Arizona 
85941 
Fort Apache Agency 
P. O. Box 560 Whiteriver Arizona 85941 
Whiteriver, 
Arizona 
85941 

Incident Contacts

  • Spoon Fire Information
    Email:
    2023.CottonwoodRidge@firenet.gov
    Phone:
    928-421-4579
    Hours:
    8 am to 8 pm

Photographs Gallery

Spoon Fire Smoke Column
A smoke column from the Spoon Fire
A smoke column from the Spoon Fire
Spoon Fire Smoke Column

The Spoon Fire put a large smoke column on July 27, 2023, as the fire was carried by the grass across a consistent pinyon-juniper landscape.  

Spoon Fire flames and smoke, July 27, 2023
Mountain side with flames and smoke.
Mountain side with flames and smoke.
Spoon Fire flames and smoke, July 27, 2023

Smoke and fire visible on the Spoon Fire, July 27, 2023.

Spoon Fire smoke visible behind mountains, July 28, 2023
Green vegetation on mountainside with smoke visible behind ridge.
Green vegetation on mountainside with smoke visible behind ridge.
Spoon Fire smoke visible behind mountains, July 28, 2023

Spoon Fire smoke visible behind mountains, July 28, 2023

Spoon Fire smoke along ridge, July 27, 2023
Smoke plume above mountain ridge from Spoon Fire and blue skies behind.
Smoke plume above mountain ridge from Spoon Fire and blue skies behind.
Spoon Fire smoke along ridge, July 27, 2023

Spoon Fire smoke along ridge, July 27, 2023

Light smoke on Spoon Fire, July 28, 2023
Light smoke from the spoon fire rises behind mountains
Light smoke from the spoon fire rises behind mountains
Light smoke on Spoon Fire, July 28, 2023

Light smoke on Spoon Fire, July 28, 2023

Spoon fire activity, flames and smoke, July 27, 2023
View of flames and smoke plume from aircraft.
View of flames and smoke plume from aircraft.
Spoon fire activity, flames and smoke, July 27, 2023

Spoon fire activity visible from aircraft with flames and smoke, July 27, 2023

Aircraft view of Spoon Fire, fire and smoke, July 28, 2023
Aerial view of Spoon fire with large smoke plume and visible flames in background with aircraft propeller in foreground
Aerial view of Spoon fire with large smoke plume and visible flames in background with aircraft propeller in foreground
Aircraft view of Spoon Fire, fire and smoke, July 28, 2023

Aircraft view of Spoon Fire, fire and smoke, July 28, 2023

Spoon Fire smoke from truck, July 27, 2023
Smoke from the Spoon Fire as observed from the side of a incident personnel truck.
Smoke from the Spoon Fire as observed from the side of a incident personnel truck.
Spoon Fire smoke from truck, July 27, 2023

Spoon Fire smoke from truck, July 27, 2023

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