Monument Fire in AZ

I am currently a "refugee" from the Monument Fire near Sierra Vista, AZ. On Thursday last the fire reached within two miles of my property in Hereford. The Cochise County Sheriff's office issued a mandatory evacuation of Hereford, so I hitched up the fifth wheel and drove to the Turquoise Valley RV Park in Naco (near Bisbee, AZ).

The Monument Fire, which started near the Mexican border at the Coronado Monument, has destroyed over fifty homes and several businesses, including a couple of my favorite restaurants. It has also "displaced" an estimated 10,000 who have been evacuated from their homes, most of whom do not have wheel on their houses as I do.

The fire has burned its way from the Monument at the foot of the Huachuca Mountains through some beautiful hiking country in Carr and Miller Canyons. For more information and pictures, go to Facebook > Monument Fire in AZ.

 (Photos by Jim Adams)

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