9:05 a.m. MDT June 23, 2021
Not much information is available about the Rafael Fire from the Incident Management Team (IMT). The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office posted this on Facebook:
Based on information recently received from fire incident command. Some rural ranches in the area of North FSR 525 and Bill Grey Road, West of Sedona, have been notified, in person, of a “Go” status. Several additional properties were placed on “Set” status via in person notification. YCSO will continue to work with the fire incident command on this fire and assess the need for any other “ready”, “set” or “go” alerts that will be sent out through our Code Red Emergency notification system.
If you are not signed up for Code Red you can sign up at https://www.ycsoaz.gov/…/Emergency-Notification-System if you live in Yavapai County and https://www.coconino.az.gov/ready if you live in Coconino County. We will also continue to post updates here on our Facebook page.
The Arizona Central West Type 3 IMT is managing the 26,746-acred Rafael Fire plus six other wildfires that range from 27 to 567 acres.
To see all articles on Wildfire Today about the Rafael Fire, including the most current, click HERE.
The fire was active on the northeast and east sides during the day Tuesday and into the night. Based on satellite heat detection data at 3:54 a.m. Wednesday it spread north about a mile and to the east more than four miles in the previous 24 hours. Most of the south and west sides were relatively quiet.
The Rafael Fire is now about 9 miles northwest of Sedona and 17 miles southwest of Flagstaff.
Thank you fire fighters. You are the best and be safe out there.
Thank you fire fighters. Wish i could help. Im 63 years old. Im too old to help.
Type 1 SWA IMT2 taking over Thursday 0600. The Type 3 team had this fire since Saturday and did a good job checking it where they could, cooler and cloudy today gave more prep time. We’ll see where it goes from here, but it’s not like this team is going to get the 590 people that Backbone has.
A Type 3 team managing a 26,000+ acre fire and some others at27-567 acres. Welcome to the brave new world of 2021 fire management.
Thank you Bill for your hard work and diligence keeping us informed. I live in the west side of Flagstaff and there’s been ash falling on my property since Monday. I can’t believe how little information is out there about the Rafael but I know I can count on you and Wildfire Today.