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Fire Restrictions to be Implemented Friday, May 7, 2021 at 8am on State Lands in Apache and Navajo Counties
Fire Managers with the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management say current conditions continue to line up for another potentially active fire season across all corners of the state.
Arizona experiences one of the worst fire seasons in nearly a decade driven by a multitude of factors, including unseasonably warm conditions, a lack of moisture, an overabundance of fine fuels, and increased recreational traffic across the state.
In 2020, 2,520 wildfires burned 978,519 acres of state, federal, and tribal lands. Of those fires, wildland fire investigators say 82% were human-caused. As compared to 2019, 1,869 wildfires burned 384,942 acres on all land jurisdictions. In 2018, 2,000 wildfires burned an estimated 165,000 acres.
Recent moisture and cooler temperatures allow the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management to lift the remaining fire restrictions on state-owned land in Arizona.
As new fire starts progress across the west and northwest, Arizona continues to mobilize firefighters to multiple incidents throughout those areas.
