Fire crews made significant progress on containing the Beehive Fire to less than 500 acres. The Eastern Arizona Incident Management Team will hand over full responsibility back to the Coronado National Forest, Nogales Ranger District at 8 pm tonight. The Nogales Ranger District will continue to patrol the area for the next several days.
The Alamo Fire, 13 miles west of Nogales, has reached 95% containment with 5,070 acres burned & April 28th, still as the estimated containment date.
The Eagle Fire is burning in Greenlee County about 35 miles south of Alpine & has burned 2,591 acres. So far, 75% containment has been reached. Crews still expect full containment on April 28th.