A wildfire in the Santa Catalina Mountains that could be seen from Tucson on Saturday night had slowed as of Sunday afternoon, according to Heidi Schewel, spokeswoman for the Coronado National Forest.
The fire was at 17 acres and “not real active,” Schewel said, as of 5 p.m. Sunday. The fire was 25 percent contained, according to a Coronado National Forest post on Facebook at 9:30 p.m.
Five crews and four helicopters were assigned to battle the blaze, which was located about a mile-and-a-half west of the observatories at Mount Lemmon's summit.
“We threw a lot of resources at it quickly because of where it was located,” Schewel said.
Firefighters were working to construct and contain fire lines as of Sunday afternoon.
“The winds were not as strong as they were yesterday,” Schewel said. “They weren’t giving us as much of a challenge.”
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The fire was most likely human-caused, Schewel said, but an investigation into the exact cause is ongoing.
The Coronado National Forest had fires every month in 2016 and, so far, every month in 2017, she added.
