May 13, 2025: Weather working against crews
The human-caused Bryce Fire, which has burned more than 3,000 acres in southeastern Arizona, has more than tripled in size since Saturday.
The blaze started Wednesday, May 7, near Eden, which is in Graham County.
Tiffany Davila with the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management said a red flag warning is in effect, with winds gusting up to 45 miles per hour.
“It’s kind of warming up here and the winds are picking up with the red flag warning conditions," Davila said. "Fire activity is starting to increase, but within the fire’s interior. So there’s a lot of pockets of unburned fuel that are starting to burn.”
More than 280 people are working on the fire, which is about 29% contained. It has damaged multiple power and gas lines, but there are no reports of damaged or destroyed structures.
May 10, 2025: Bryce Fire 25% contained
A wildfire is spreading in southeastern Arizona.
As of Saturday morning, the Bryce Fire has burned 850 acres and is 25% contained, according to the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management.
Additional resources arrived on the scene last night, including engines, medical teams, water tenders and overhead to support the more than 175 personnel currently assigned to the fire.
A second hotshot crew is expected to arrive Saturday morning.
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been updated to correct when an update was published.
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A group of mostly Western U.S. senators is demanding answers on why the U.S. Forest Service has fallen behind on efforts to reduce hazardous wildfire fuels. -
A group of U.S. senators say the Forest Service has fallen behind in wildfire prevention work like forest thinning which has been deemed vital to preventing billions of dollars of damage to regions in Arizona surrounded by national forests. -
Senate Democrats have asked Senate leadership to fund recovery from wildfires on federal lands. -
The Healthy Lungs for Heroes Act was introduced by Democratic California Senator Adam Schiff and Republican Utah Senator John Curtis. If passed, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and other federal officials would have one year to develop a plan to make "commercially available appropriate respiratory personal protective equipment for wildland firefighters and supporting staff in settings in which smoke exposure surpasses covered permissible exposure limits." -
Data analyzed by the advocacy group Grassroots Wildland Firefighters shows that prescribed fires and other hazardous fuel reduction efforts have fallen by nearly 40% across the West this year.
