Photos: Fire on Mount Bigelow, but don't worry
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As a preventive measure, fire crews are burning grasses, downed trees and other litter.
Fire on Mount Bigelow
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Using a drip torch, Tyson Hiland, with the Florence Wildlands Fire Crew, sets off underbrush as fire crews from various agencies safely burn pine needles, downed timber and small trees around Mount Bigelow in the Santa Catalina Mountains. The 200-acre prescribed burn is meant to introduce fire around the Bigelow area to remove plants in a controlled manner. It is meant to prevent much bigger wild fires from devastating the area.
Fire on Mount Bigelow
- A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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Smoke partially obscures the towers around Mount Bigelow as some 70-75 firefighters safely burn grasses, pine needles, downed timber and small trees. The 200-acre prescribed burn is meant to introduce fire around the Bigelow area to remove plants in a controlled manner. It is meant to prevent much bigger wild fires from devastating the area.
Fire on Mount Bigelow
- A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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Fire creeps away from an FAA tower facility on Mount Bigelow as John Thornburg, the interagency fire management officer, puts a line around the edge of it . Fire crews from various agencies safely burn pine needles, downed timber and small trees. The 200-acre prescribed burn is meant to introduce fire around the Bigelow area to remove plants in a controlled manner. It is meant to prevent much bigger wild fires from devastating the area.
Fire on Mount Bigelow
- A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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President Trump’s order freezing federal hiring has exemptions for “public safety” employees, such as wildland firefighters.
Fire on Mount Bigelow
- A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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Florence Wildlands Fire crewmembers John Paul Hester and David Leyshon move a smoldering log over to another area as fire crews safely burn around Mount Bigelow. The 200-acre prescribed burn is meant to introduce fire around the Bigelow area to remove plants in a controlled manner. It is meant to prevent much bigger wild fires from devastating the area.
Fire on Mount Bigelow
- A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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Using his chain saw George Bautista with the Florence fire crew cuts through a burning log as fire crews safely burn pine needles, downed timber and small trees around Mount Bigelow. The 200-acre prescribed burn is meant to introduce fire around the Bigelow area to remove plants in a controlled manner. It is meant to prevent much bigger wild fires from devastating the area.
Fire on Mount Bigelow
- A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
- Updated
David Leyshon with the Florence Wildlands fire crew torchs a grassy area as fire crews burn pine needles, downed timber and small trees around Mount Bigelow. The 200-acre prescribed burn is meant to introduce fire around the Bigelow area to remove plants in a controlled manner. It is meant to prevent much bigger wild fires from devastating the area.
Fire on Mount Bigelow
- A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
- Updated
Smoke partially obscures a University of Arizona tower on Mount Bigelow as Steve Grater with the Saguaro National Park surveys the progress of the fire. Crews burned grass, pine needles, downed timber and small trees around Mount Bigelow. The 200-acre prescribed burn is meant to introduce fire around the Bigelow area to remove plants in a controlled manner. It is meant to prevent much bigger wild fires from devastating the area.
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Fire on Mount Bigelow
- A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
Using a drip torch, Tyson Hiland, with the Florence Wildlands Fire Crew, sets off underbrush as fire crews from various agencies safely burn pine needles, downed timber and small trees around Mount Bigelow in the Santa Catalina Mountains. The 200-acre prescribed burn is meant to introduce fire around the Bigelow area to remove plants in a controlled manner. It is meant to prevent much bigger wild fires from devastating the area.
Fire on Mount Bigelow
- A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
Smoke partially obscures the towers around Mount Bigelow as some 70-75 firefighters safely burn grasses, pine needles, downed timber and small trees. The 200-acre prescribed burn is meant to introduce fire around the Bigelow area to remove plants in a controlled manner. It is meant to prevent much bigger wild fires from devastating the area.
Fire on Mount Bigelow
- A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
Fire creeps away from an FAA tower facility on Mount Bigelow as John Thornburg, the interagency fire management officer, puts a line around the edge of it . Fire crews from various agencies safely burn pine needles, downed timber and small trees. The 200-acre prescribed burn is meant to introduce fire around the Bigelow area to remove plants in a controlled manner. It is meant to prevent much bigger wild fires from devastating the area.
Fire on Mount Bigelow
- A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
Florence Wildlands Fire crewmembers John Paul Hester and David Leyshon move a smoldering log over to another area as fire crews safely burn around Mount Bigelow. The 200-acre prescribed burn is meant to introduce fire around the Bigelow area to remove plants in a controlled manner. It is meant to prevent much bigger wild fires from devastating the area.
Fire on Mount Bigelow
- A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
Using his chain saw George Bautista with the Florence fire crew cuts through a burning log as fire crews safely burn pine needles, downed timber and small trees around Mount Bigelow. The 200-acre prescribed burn is meant to introduce fire around the Bigelow area to remove plants in a controlled manner. It is meant to prevent much bigger wild fires from devastating the area.
Fire on Mount Bigelow
- A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
David Leyshon with the Florence Wildlands fire crew torchs a grassy area as fire crews burn pine needles, downed timber and small trees around Mount Bigelow. The 200-acre prescribed burn is meant to introduce fire around the Bigelow area to remove plants in a controlled manner. It is meant to prevent much bigger wild fires from devastating the area.
Fire on Mount Bigelow
- A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
Smoke partially obscures a University of Arizona tower on Mount Bigelow as Steve Grater with the Saguaro National Park surveys the progress of the fire. Crews burned grass, pine needles, downed timber and small trees around Mount Bigelow. The 200-acre prescribed burn is meant to introduce fire around the Bigelow area to remove plants in a controlled manner. It is meant to prevent much bigger wild fires from devastating the area.
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U.S. Forest Service fire crews will ignite a low-to-moderate intensity fire on the heavily forested slopes of Mount Bigelow today.
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