Wildfire in Northern Gila County, Arizona

Wildfire June 18, 2021 – June 30, 2021 · Northern Gila County, Arizona

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Backbone Fire was started by lightning on June 16 at around 1130 PM and burned around 40,900 acres by the end of June. The fire was located about 2 miles west of Pine, Arizona in pion, juniper, chaparral, brush, grass, and cactus. About 20 of the fire was in Gila County.

The wider storm

The Backbone Fire was started by lightning on June 16 at around 1130 PM and burned around 40,900 acres by the end of June. The fire was located about 2 miles 2 west of Pine, Arizona in pion, juniper, chaparral, brush, grass, and cactus. The fire burned in parts of three forecast zones.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 968811. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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