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.
