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Teresa Jun, a reporter for KOLD , said via Twitter about 20 minutes ago that she is at a public meeting and was told the fire has burned 9, acres. She said about 1, people were packed into the meeting room in Sierra Vista to hear about the fire. Strong winds are forecast for Thursday. Right now, a live streaming web cam is showing the fire. Still another fire in Arizona has developed into a serious, destructive incident. The Monument fire eight miles south of Sierra Vista started on June 12 and has blackened over 5, acres, burned or damaged 40 homes, and crossed the international border from Arizona into Mexico.

Additional assessments will be completed throughout the day. West of Highway Hereford Road to S. This time-lapse video becomes pretty impressive about two-thirds of the way in. Wind gusts are expected up to 40 mph today and up to 45 mph Sunday. More than 2, homes, about 12, residents, have been evacuated from an area south of the city, with two shelters open in Sierra Vista. Law enforcement officers were busy patrolling vacant neighborhoods, blocking roads and directing increasingly congested traffic around threatened areas.

No looting has been reported, sheriff's officials said at the community meeting. No serious fire-related injuries have occurred either. Friday's second fire, which started on Fort Huachuca when sparks from a bulldozer gouging out a firebreak ignited some brush, sent plumes of smoke into the sky and flames racing for homes in the Canyon de Flores area on the southern edge of the city.

Emergency vehicles raced through neighborhoods broadcasting blunt evacuation warnings over public address systems. Two boys, year-old Dillon Snyder and his 8-year-old brother Ethan, pulled out a garden hose and began spraying vegetation around their house as smoke wafted through the air.

I hope it doesn't get to our house," said Dillon as he sprayed water and looked toward the advancing fire. Moments later, a law officer approached the boys and advised them to leave immediately.

A few blocks away, Fatima Baeza carried load after load of possessions out of a house to a van. It's crazy to have to go twice. You would think evacuating one time would be enough. As the advancing flames were looking all but unstoppable, planes swooped over the fiery scene - dropping load after load of fire-retardant slurry.

Even as the planes bombed the fire with slurry, flames made a fast run up a brush-choked wash and burned near a row of houses.

No homes were damaged by the fire. Neighborhood residents John and Sharon Munch shared the sentiments of many as they were advised to leave. The fire caused several buildings on the fort to be evacuated and the main gate to be closed for several hours. Southwest Gas as a safety measure temporarily cut service to 2, nearby residences as the fire raged.

Timothy Faulkner, garrison commander at the fort, confirmed during the community meeting that a bulldozer caused the fire. He said a spark caused by the vehicle's blade hitting a rock ignited brush. Earlier in the day, the scene in nearby Ramsey Canyon was a combination of eerie silence and all but frantic activity. The famed Ramsey Canyon Preserve, operated by The Nature Conservancy, appeared to be evacuated and battened down for whatever might come if flames were to cross a high ridge and enter the canyon - known for its abundant bird life and oak-wooded beauty.

Signs posted on a preserve building appeared to offer information firefighters might need, such as "No propane. Kellen Alarie helped people move their belongings out of the RV park.

So I wanted to help here. The homes lost by Friday bring the total to 47 destroyed or damaged so far. Most are likely in the Ash Canyon area. Stump Canyon, where seven homes were lost, is the area about 10 miles south of Sierra Vista where the Monument Fire flared up Thursday afternoon and crossed Arizona However, the damage could put phone and Internet service at risk for a "significant" number of customers, he said.

Firefighters made some progress on the fire using bulldozer lines to keep it from crossing Hereford Road, a major road south of Sierra Vista, into neighboring subdivisions. By applying a large amount of chemical retardant, firefighters temporarily halted the fire's progress in the Huachuca Mountains west of Arizona 92, according to a fire spokesman. But he said the fire is still a long way from being contained, let alone controlled in that area.

With the fire moving north and east, sheriff's officials extended the evacuation zone one mile closer to Sierra Vista by Friday afternoon. The pre-evacuation zone now extends to an east-west line about four miles south of central Sierra Vista.

As crews made progress in some areas, the fire moved east down Miller Canyon. Firefighters dropped fire retardants from air tankers and bulldozed a firebreak near Miller Canyon in an effort to keep the fire from going northeast into the Hereford area, where about homes are threatened, a fire official said. The hope was to keep the fire from going east of Arizona 92, where so far no homes have been burned. The eastern boundary of the evacuation was Moson Road, and evacuations were ordered all the way west up to numerous canyons in the Huachuca Mountains.

The declaration means National Guard troops are on call now to help with efforts related to the fire. It is up to fire managers when or if they call the National Guard in to help, Brewer said. Brewer flew over both the Monument and Horseshoe 2 fires. Discussion and notes include detailed contact info for government officials, shelters, volunteers and pretty much anything you need or want to know about the fire, how to help, or what to do.

Cochise County Sheriff's Office Fire update Bulletin: Lists all news coming from the Sheriffs office about the fire, to include evacuation notices. Incident Information System Web : Shows burn area and other important information about the fire.

Updated: January 13, am. The Monument Fire continues its run north toward Sierra Vista today, but firefighters got a handle on its most worrisome flare up in Miller Canyon. Local journalism is important — and producing it costs time and money.

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