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Mangum Fire runs 8 miles in northern Arizona

3-D map of the Mangum Fire, looking east. Data from 1:04 a.m. MDT June 13, 2020. Wildfire Today.Pushed by winds gusting up to 30 miles an hour, the Mangum Fire ran for an additional 8 miles to the north-northeast Friday. Creating spot fires up to one half mile ahead, it breached control lines and crossed highway 89A four miles northwest of Jacob Lake which is under evacuation orders.For more information about evacuations contact the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office at 928-226-5089.The fire is 18 miles southeast of Fredonia, Arizona and 12 miles north of the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. Tanker 12, a BAe-146, over the Mangum Fire June 12, 2020. InciWeb photo.The Mangum Fire more than quadrupled in size Friday, growing from 2,238 to 10,813 acres by 1:04 a.m. MDT June 13 when a fixed wing aircraft mapped the fire.The area has been under Red Flag Warnings Friday and Saturday for low humidity and strong winds. On Friday the relative humidity dropped to 11 percent and the high temperature was 83 degrees at a weather station at Warm Springs Canyon. At 2:47 p.m. MST Saturday it was 71 degrees and 10 percent RH with the wind out of the south-southwest at 10 mph gusting to 25 mph. Wind speed and direction recorded at Warm Springs, east of the Mangum Fire in northern Arizona, for the 24-hour period ending at 1:47 p.m. MDT June 13, 2020.The structure protection group assigned to the fire will continue working to create additional defensible space around structures and use burnouts intended to divert the blaze around the community. They are aided by a large number of fuel reduction projects around Jacob Lake that have been accomplished during the previous five years.According to the Incident Management Team, “The fire is being managed utilizing a full suppression strategy, employing tactics that minimize impacts to important values at risk.The safety of firefighters and the public remain our number one priority.”Saturday morning the Arizona Department of Transportation closed Highway 89A from approximately Marble Canyon to Fredonia and Highway 67 to the Grand Canyon for public safety. The U.S. Forest Service additionally has enacted a closure of the entire fire area. Vicinity map of the Mangum Fire in northern Arizona. Wildfire Today.Smoke from the Mangum Fire as seen from Fredonia High School 18 miles northwest of the fire, June 12, 2020. InciWeb photo.
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Author: Bill Gabbert
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