The fire is about fifteen or twenty miles northeast of our place. I can’t see the fire from my house as there is a hill in the way. About two hundred yards down the road we can see the flames. They have opened a shelter at our high school here in Wickenburg. Odor of the smoke is strong in town. Area is buck brush, scrub, sort of on the line between Lower Sonoran Desert, (Mesquite, Saguaros, Ocotillos, Prickly Pear, Cholla) and Upper Sonoran Desert (Scrub Juniper. Manzanita).
Thank you for the updates. It’s been a terrible fire season, I will be praying for you and your fellow Arizonians tonight, all of you need and deserve God’s grace and protection.
I copied the info from the site posted above in case any of you need it.
Yarnell Hill Fire
Press Conference
Posted on Sunday, June 30, 2013 9:43 pm
A Press Conference is scheduled at the Prescott Police Department on Marina Street tonight at 9:45pm and then again tomorrow morning in the Prescott City Council Meeting Room.
Evacuation Shelter Information
Posted on Sunday, June 30, 2013 8:44 pm
If you evacuate please contact the Red Cross at www.RedCross.org and register as Safe & Well.
There are two shelters open. One at Yavapai College and the other at the Wickenburg High School.
Mandatory Evacuation for All of Yarnell
Posted on Sunday, June 30, 2013 4:45 pm
All of Yarnell is under a mandatory evacuation due to the Yarnell Hill Fire. The Yavapai County Sheriff’s office has closed AZ Highway 89 from Date Creek Road in Congress to Sorrell Ranch Road North of Yarnell in Peeples Valley.