Wednesday night the Wallow fire in Arizona burned through the community of Greer. Tonight the incident management team running the fire confirmed what had been feared, that almost two dozen houses burned as the fire moved through the area.
The tally in Greer after an assessment of the damage:
- 22 houses have been destroyed
- 5 houses have been damaged
- 24 outbuildings have been destroyed
- 1 truck has been destroyed
Apache County Sheriff’s Officials are in the process of notifying the property owners.
Here is a link to a Google map of Greer, which is a small community with some tourist lodges and about 177 people, according to the 2000 census.
Earlier today it was announced that the Apache County Sheriff’s office was in the process of notifying the owners of the five residences that burned in Alpine, Arizona. They plan to make personal contact with those five individuals or families, but will send certified letters in the next few days to the owners of property on which outbuildings burned. The residents of Alpine were ordered to evacuate at 5:00 p.m. on June 2.
The Sheriff’s office’s announcement stated:
Due to current fire activity and structure protection efforts in the Town of Greer, the Assessment Team has not been able to start the process in structure loss confirmation and identification.
Update: read our more recent report on the Wallow fire, from June 10.
Does anyone know what streets were hit hard in Greer in terms of structure fires?
I did not expect this to happen.I have some pictures of me I am glad I have them because that is burned now. from wallow fire Grace Carey age 8
Did your home burn in the fire, Grace? If so, we’re very sorry for your loss, and hope you and your family are OK. Thanks for dropping by.
just wanted to know if browns cabin is ok, we stay there in july, it belongs to the cabin keepers, please let me know if you can, wishing you folks all the best up in greer
Calling in strategic firefighting aircraft LAST and not first is like doing CPR last on a cardiac arrest. Apart from the DC-10 and 747 the US has no real strategic firefighting aircraft like the IL-76 that can carry 12,000 gallons and land in remote areas closer to a fire. With total reliance on smaller tactical aircraft that should be used to save structures and support crews the Air Tanker Board in Idaho has prevented modern strategic firefighting aircraft from being a part of initial response and only allows them in when a disaster is unstoppable. Putting profits over practicality. Hand crews to a great job but while people are being called to drive to a fire, strategic firefighting aircraft should be deployed to contain it as the CPR response. Later people will talk about left vs right and prevention but what we have is a backwards response and poor implementation of aviation technology
they are all the best of the best.They need our suport.
Unfortunately this does not tell the whole story. Crews and engines did a great job saving structures. No number on how many but they did good work where they could.