Man accused of sparking Sunflower Fire due in federal court today
The man accused of starting the Sunflower Fire -- the largest Arizona wildfire this year -- is due in federal court Friday.
View ArticleMan accused of starting Sunflower Fire makes first court appearance
A Mesa man accused of starting the largest wildfire so far this year in Arizona was in federal court this week.
View ArticlePhotos: Mistake Peak Fire grows to 4,000 acres
A wildfire burning on the Tonto National Forest has grown to 4,000 acres and has forced several road closures.
View ArticleContainment on Mistake Peak Fire improves to 15% percent
Firefighters continue to work on containing the Mistake Peak Fire burning in the Tonto National Forest.
View ArticleAriz. judge OKs $3.7M in restitution for wildfire
Two cousins who accidentally started the largest wildfire in Arizona history will have to pay more than $3.7 million in restitution to those whose homes were destroyed or suffered other losses, a...
View ArticleMesa man pleads to 2 charges in wildfire case
A Mesa man who fired a shotgun into the forest, sparking a nearly 18,000-acre wildfire, has pleaded guilty to a pair of federal charges.
View ArticlePayment schedule for Wallow Fire restitution
Two cousins who accidentally started Arizona's largest wildfire will begin paying more than $3.7 million in restitution next year, a little at a time.
View ArticleUS braces for another bad fire year
Despite the slowest start to a wildfire season in a decade, the head of the U.S. Forest Service said Tuesday his agency is preparing for another busy year, but with fewer firefighters.
View ArticleFiancee of murdered bail bondsman shares memories with 3TV
Darcy King believed her fiancé, David Brickert, was invincible. However, Brickert and his colleague Wesley Kampen were the two bail bondsmen murdered last Monday night.
View ArticleArizona prepares for wildfires
Governor Jan Brewer says there's already been 200 fires in Arizona this year. And now she and Senator John McCain are both trying to get help before anything big flares us.
View ArticleFire east of Nogales estimated at 3 square miles
A wildfire has burned approximately 3 square miles of grass and brush on ridges of the Coronado National Forest about a dozen miles from Nogales in rural Santa Cruz County in southern Arizona.
View ArticlePrecautionary evacuation for wildfire near Young, Ariz.
A wildfire has on the Tonto National Forest has led to a precautionary evacuation of two subdivisions near Young, Ariz -- the Vail Ranch and Frog Pond.
View ArticleWildfire near Young, Ariz. begins cleanup
Crews are beginning mop-up activities following a wildfire yesterday in the Tonto National Forest, 6 miles east/northeast of Young.
View ArticleFlagstaff arson suspect not fit to face charges
A man suspected of starting a string of forest wildfires near Flagstaff isn't mentally capable of understanding the charges against him.
View ArticleFire-fighting DC-10 tanker heading to Mesa
The DC-10 tanker under contract with the U.S. Forest Service has been ordered to Arizona.
View ArticleDC-10 firefighting plane at Phx Mesa Gateway Airport
When wilffires need to be stopped, fire retardant dropped from the sky is an incredible weapon.
View ArticleShipman Fire 5 percent contained; power restored in Kearny
The Shipman Fire burning near Kearny, Ariz., is 5 percent contained and evacuations have been lifted for residents of about 100 homes..
View ArticleHighway 89 reopens after Yarnell Hill Fire; flagpole marks site of entrapment
The 15-mile stretch of Arizona highway that runs past where a wildfire killed 19 Prescott firefighters has reopened, and the entrapment site near Yarnell is visible from a new public overlook.
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