
A DC-10 heavy air tanker drops a load of retardent to create fire lines around the Tenderfoot Fire near Yarnell Thursday afternoon. (Les Stukenberg/The Daily Courier)
By: Les Stukenberg

A DC-10 heavy air tanker drops a load of retardent to create fire lines around the Tenderfoot Fire near Yarnell Thursday afternoon. (Les Stukenberg/The Daily Courier)
By: Les Stukenberg

A DC-10 heavy air tanker drops a load of retardent to create fire lines around the Tenderfoot Fire near Yarnell Thursday afternoon. (Les Stukenberg/The Daily Courier)
By: Les Stukenberg

A DC-10 heavy air tanker drops a load of retardent to create fire lines around the Tenderfoot Fire near Yarnell Thursday afternoon. (Les Stukenberg/The Daily Courier)
By: Les Stukenberg

A heavy helicopter heads back to the fire lines to hit hot spots around the Tenderfoot Fire near Yarnell Thursday afternoon. (Les Stukenberg/The Daily Courier)
By: Les Stukenberg

Heavy air tanker 06 drops a load of retardent to create fire lines around the Tenderfoot Fire near Yarnell Thursday afternoon. (Les Stukenberg/The Daily Courier)
By: Les Stukenberg

A SEAT drops a load of retardent to create fire lines around the Tenderfoot Fire near Yarnell Thursday afternoon. (Les Stukenberg/The Daily Courier)
By: Les Stukenberg

The Craig Hotshots arrive at the Tenderfoot Fire near Yarnell Thursday afternoon. (Les Stukenberg/The Daily Courier)
By: Les Stukenberg

Some residents had to be convinced that the Highway 89 was closed due to the Tenderfoot Fire near Yarnell Thursday afternoon. (Les Stukenberg/The Daily Courier)
By: Les Stukenberg

Flames hit a ridgeline on the Tenderfoot Fire near Yarnell Thursday afternoon. (Les Stukenberg/The Daily Courier)
By: Les Stukenberg

Flames burn grassland on the Tenderfoot Fire near Yarnell Thursday afternoon. (Les Stukenberg/The Daily Courier)
By: Les Stukenberg

Smoke draws up into a plume on the Tenderfoot Fire near Yarnell Thursday afternoon. (Les Stukenberg/The Daily Courier)
By: Les Stukenberg

Flames burn brush on the Tenderfoot Fire near Yarnell Thursday afternoon. (Les Stukenberg/The Daily Courier)
By: Les Stukenberg

drops a load of retardent to create fire lines around the Tenderfoot Fire near Yarnell Thursday afternoon. (Les Stukenberg/The Daily Courier)
By: Les Stukenberg

A heavy air tanker drops a load of retardent to create fire lines around the Tenderfoot Fire near Yarnell Thursday afternoon. (Les Stukenberg/The Daily Courier)
By: Les Stukenberg