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Prescribed Fire Escapes In Arizona, Burning Over 4,000 Acres.

88 firefighters are on scene.

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Jan 22, 2026
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Earlier this week, a burn operation in the Havasu National Wildlife Refuge on the California-Arizona border escaped and has burned 4,060 acres. While fires burning hot in this area are not abnormal, it is early in the year, and this should be a heads up for fire resources conducting burns this spring.

The Havasu Fire began as an escaped prescribed fire a…

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