azrv6
Well Known Member
My neighbor, Ted Grussing (Ted Grussing Photography), launched early this morning in his Lambada motor glider and got this picture of the Slide Fire burning just northeast of Sedona. Since many of you have visited Sedona, I thought you might want to see this picture and get a local update. The airport (KSEZ) is in the center of the photo.
The 48 hour old, human caused, Slide Fire grew from 5000 acres as of this morning to 7500 this evening and is expected to grow to 8000 acres by tomorrow morning. There are 850 people fighting the fire, along with many air assets. So far, the crews have been able to contain the fire on the west side of the canyon and have avoided a run of the fire north east to Flagstaff. Zero percent containment, but they admit to making progress, and hope to report some containment numbers tomorrow morning.
The airport (KSEZ) is open for business with a TFR close by to the northeast.
The 48 hour old, human caused, Slide Fire grew from 5000 acres as of this morning to 7500 this evening and is expected to grow to 8000 acres by tomorrow morning. There are 850 people fighting the fire, along with many air assets. So far, the crews have been able to contain the fire on the west side of the canyon and have avoided a run of the fire north east to Flagstaff. Zero percent containment, but they admit to making progress, and hope to report some containment numbers tomorrow morning.
The airport (KSEZ) is open for business with a TFR close by to the northeast.