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 MONUMENT FIRE MAKES ANOTHER RUN Mon, 06/20/2011 - 00:12 ... http://www.sierravistaaz.gov/ By Adam Curtis Herald/Review SIERRA VISTA — The Monument Fire took a turn for SIERRA VISTA — The Monument Fire took a turn for the worse on Sunday afternoon, crossing Highway 92 at two points and spreading east, leaving many evacuees living south of Sierra Vista to wonder if they have homes to return to. Even though little information regarding the status of structures was available, to the credit of the hundreds of people gathered in the Buena Performing Arts Center, Sunday’s public fire information meeting was nothing if not civil. The crowd was especially appreciative when Cochise County Board of Supervisors Chair Pat Call announced he had requested the use of the National Guard to provide security during this emergency. “We’re doing that as we speak,” Call said, to roaring applause and exclamations of “Go guard!”med the loss of Ricardo’s and Nick’s Place, while the Lone Star and U.S. Post Office in Hereford were still standing early Sunday evening. “You know, last night we talked about how today was going to be a bad day and indeed we have had our hands full right from about the time the sun came up,” said Greg Poncin commander of the Northern Rockies Incident Command Team. “I know that you know how windy this has been today and how difficult that’s been for the firefighters, and it’s kind of manifested itself in what we’ve seen here play out this afternoon. I can tell you there was some fantastic fire fighting going on.” The Monument Fire crossed Highway 92 near Hereford Road and also by White Lily Lane, burning an area north of Hereford Road and south of Ramsey Road, as far east as White Oak lane, Poncin said. Anecdotal reports that it had crossed Ramsey Road were not confirmed by their sources. With the day crew working well into the night and the night crew activated early, they probably had more than 700 firefighters engaged in protecting structures and controlling the fire, Poncin said. Unfortunately they expected high winds to continue until 9 or 10 p.m. but the weather is anticipated to be substantially better in the next two days with much lighter winds shifting in a favorable direction. On Sunday, gusts between 45 to 50 mph kept helicopters from aiding in the fire suppression efforts, Poncin said. He was optimistic that the blaze east of Highway 92 would be completely contained by this morning. While a spokesman for the incident management team later confirmed that structures on both sides of the highway were lost, little information was available Sunday. “As you all know, the battle is still going on down there and we don’t have a lot of definitive information for people,” said Rod Rothrock, chief deputy of the Cochise County Sheriff’s Department. “Structures have been lost, I don’t have any idea how many. I’m hoping that it’s minimal of course and we will be working diligently to try and put that information together. “On the good sign of things… it didn’t jump the highway the way it would have liked to,” he said. “If it could have come across there the way it wanted to, I don’t think Hereford would be there anymore. If there’s a little bit of a silver lining somewhere, we may have lost some homes out there, we don’t know yet, but at least we haven’t lost them all.” When the fire blew down the mountain Sunday afternoon, they lost power to the Incident Command Post, likely because the smoke inundated the lines with carbon, causing an automatic shut down, said Jack Blair, chief members services officer of Sulphur Springs Valley Electric Co-op. A large line feeding into the Ramsey substation also went off and soon thereafter all the lines feeding that went down as well. While this was also likely due to carbon from the smoke, they will not know for sure until they can move in to perform an assessment of the situation, Blair said. Coronado National Forest Supervisor Jim Upchurch warned that as the fire keeps creeping north it looks like this will take a prolonged amount of time to manage. He also noted that there are no signs of monsoon patterns forming yet and the entire forest is still at risk during a volatile fire season. The Red Cross will begin providing direct family assistance today and people can register at either of the two emergency shelters located at Apache Middle School and Buena High School, said Craig Brelsford of the Red Cross Southern Arizona Chapter. “The first priority is going to be folks that lost their homes. Period.” The Salvation Army will begin providing regular meals at both shelters on Tuesday, Brelsford said. As they help back-fill the city’s fire fighting personnel, Fort Huachuca has requested aid from other military institutions in the western region, including Fort Bliss, Garrison Commander Col. Timothy Faulkner said. They also requested some additional Military Police. The City of Sierra Vista has set up a joint communication center at City Hall to coordinate the information coming from various agencies, City Manager Chuck Potucek said. A physical public information center will open at Sierra Vista Public Library 10 a.m. today and typical library services will again be open to the public after being closed over the weekend. The shelter at Apache was expected to be full Sunday night, while the high school will also remain open as a shelter, Potucek said. They will open additional shelters as needed, while a tremendous amount of volunteers and donations continue to pour in. “I just can’t tell you how proud I am to live in “I just can’t tell you how proud I am to live in this community,” Potucek said. For up to date information regarding the fire, emergency shelters, road closures, and evacuations go to www.sierravistaaz.gov or call the joint information call center at 1-800-288-3861. |
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