10/29/2008 9:20:00 PM Firefighters contain blaze south of Prescott
No more burns until next week
The Daily Courier
Firefighters fully contained the 22-acre South Spruce wildfire south of Prescott Wednesday.
And while Prescott National Forest officials had considered continuing the nearby Bean Peaks prescribed burn today, they decided to postpone any prescribed burns until next week, spokesperson Debbie Maneely added.
The Forest Service does not want smoke to bother Friday's trick-or-treaters, Maneely said.
She also noted that Prescott Forest officials sent out a press release Tuesday morning stating that they would not conduct any more burns this week anyway. By Tuesday afternoon they were reconsidering that idea, but received concerned calls from the public about it.
Fire managers might work on the Bean Peaks or Ash Creek prescribed burns next week, depending on weather conditions, Maneely said Wednesday.
Fire managers were doing part of the Bean Peaks burn a few miles south of Prescott Monday when they got reports of two nearby wildfires, the South Spruce and the Union. They held the Union blaze to less than an acre Monday.
Those wildfires were human-caused and remain under investigation.
